Article ID: CBB001321215

Bibliography Is Social: Organizing Knowledge in the Isis Bibliography from Sarton to the Early Twenty-First Century (2013)

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Weldon, Stephen P. (Author)


Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Volume: 104
Pages: 540--550


Publication Date: 2013
Edition Details: Part of the focus section: “Ordering the Discipline: Classification in the History of Science”
Language: English

This essay explores various ways in which bibliographies have exhibited sociality. Bibliographies are both products of the social contexts that have created them and engines of social interaction in scholarly communities. By tracing the history of the Isis Bibliography, the longest-running and most comprehensive bibliography in its field, this essay explains how different Isis classification systems have been tied to major twentieth-century cataloging efforts. By looking at classification, the essay also attends to the ways in which aspects of the Isis Bibliography in different decades have reflected social mores of their period. Finally, it demonstrates how critical the Isis Bibliography was in the formation of the discipline of history of science and goes on to discuss how that disciplinary connection is evolving in the twenty-first century. By thinking of the bibliography as a network of scholars, not just scholarly works, the essay asks us to reflect on the nature and purpose of bibliography in the digital age.

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Authors & Contributors
Weldon, Stephen P.
Verbruggen, Christophe
Pyenson, Lewis R.
Benedictus, Fedde
Pinch, Trevor
McIntyre, Kenneth B.
Concepts
History of science, as a discipline
Historiography
Historians of science, modern
Classification
Science and culture
Discipline formation
Time Periods
20th century, late
21st century
20th century, early
20th century
Enlightenment
Places
Netherlands
France
China
Belgium
Institutions
Science History Institute (SHI)
Annales school
History of Science Society
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