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Tag Archives: Information History
CityLIS Virtual Dissertation Collections. 2. History
Uodated to include dissertations submitted up to January 2019. This is the second in an occasional series of posts in which we celebrate and publicise the excellent work done by CityLIS students in their dissertation projects. Each post will focus … Continue reading
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Tagged dissertations, History, Information History, Library History, Masters
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CityLIS Writes: Gregorian chant and the story of musical documentation by David Baker
***This essay was written by CityLIS student David Baker in December 2016. It is reproduced here with the author’s permission as part of our CityLIS Writes initiative.*** Gregorian chant is the name given to a large collection of monodic (i.e. … Continue reading
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Tagged CityLIS, documents, gregorian chant, History, Information History, music, student-essays, thestoryofdocuments
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CityLIS Reflections and Research: Gutta percha: forgotten material of the communication revolution by David Bawden
This CityLIS Reflections and Research post is by David Bawden and looks at a material oft forgotten in discussions on the communication revolution… *** Few other materials have had such a revolutionary impact on the world. And few others have … Continue reading
#citylis Reflections and Research: David Bawden on Alfred Holt and the Agamemnon; an information history anniversary
This #citylis Reflections and Research post is by David Bawden and has also been published on the his blog, The Occasional Informationist, on July 30th 2016. This piece is about the days when steam power helped join the gaps in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Agamemnon, Alfred Holt, Blue Funnel Line, City University London, CityLIS, History, Information Age, information dissemination, information environment, Information History, Information Science, research
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