{"id":225,"date":"2017-05-08T16:51:21","date_gmt":"2017-05-08T14:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.isko-france.asso.fr\/colloque2017\/?page_id=225"},"modified":"2017-05-29T15:57:07","modified_gmt":"2017-05-29T13:57:07","slug":"michael-buckland","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.isko-france.asso.fr\/colloque2017\/en\/michael-buckland\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Buckland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-335\" src=\"http:\/\/www.isko-france.asso.fr\/colloque2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/buckland2016-268x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"132\" height=\"148\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.isko-france.asso.fr\/colloque2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/buckland2016-268x300.jpg 268w, http:\/\/www.isko-france.asso.fr\/colloque2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/buckland2016-768x861.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.isko-france.asso.fr\/colloque2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/buckland2016.jpg 870w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 132px) 100vw, 132px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Reflections on Suzanne Briet<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Abstract:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Firstly, the origins of my interest in Suzanne Briet and the significance of Briet\u2019s manifesto <em>Qu\u2019est ce que la documentation?<\/em> (1951) for (1) The concept of \u201cdocument,\u201d making the many uses of the word \u201cinformation\u201d more clear, the physicality of information, and the development of \u2018document theory\u2019; and (2) Motivation to examine the history, especially the intellectual history, of Information\u2014Documentation science.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Biography offers a good entry to history: Practical, feasible through the use of writings, and interesting, e.g. Suzanne Briet, Paul Otlet, Emanuel Goldberg, and Lodewyk Bendikson. But more is needed to understand context (social, intellectual, technical) and influences. Examples from Briet\u2019s writings, especially allusions in her manifesto (<em>Qu\u2019est ce<\/em>) and in her cryptic autobiography, can illustrate the difficulties.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Secondly, commentary on the three parts of <em>Qu\u2019est ce la documentation?<\/em> Part I: <em>Une technique du travail intellectual<\/em> as a theme. Briet\u2019s antelope as a document and the development of document theory: Objects as documents; documents by intention and by attribution; \u201cmade as\u201d and \u201cmade into\u201d; and documents as evidence. Part II. <em>Une profession distincte.<\/em> Document theory, documentation studies, and i-schools. The dual roles of the documentalist: Personal (direct) help and developing helpful systems (indirect help). Part III: \u201c<em>Une n\u00e9cessit\u00e9 de notre temps<\/em>.\u201d The broader context of documentation as social engagement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lastly, Briet\u2019s other activities, including the 1937 Paris Congress, Briet in retrospect,\u00a0and the colloquium theme in prospect.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Biography<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Michael Buckland is Emeritus Professor in the School of Information at the University of California, Berkeley. Born and educated in England, he studied History at Oxford and Librarianship at Sheffield. He has worked as a librarian, researcher, and administrator in England and, since 1972, in the USA. He served as Dean of his School at Berkeley from 1976-1984, as coordinator for library planning for the nine-campus University of California system 1983-1987, as President of ASIST in 1998, and Co- Director of the Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative since 2000. He has written extensively on library management, on improved search support in the humanities, and on the history and theory of documentation. His most recent book is <em>Information and Society<\/em> (MIT Press, 2017), a concise introductory analysis for non-specialists. Earlier publications include <em>Information and Information Systems<\/em> (1991), <em>Redesigning Library Services<\/em> (1992), and a biography, <em>Emanuel Goldberg and his Knowledge Machine<\/em> (2006).<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reflections on Suzanne Briet Abstract: Firstly, the origins of my interest in Suzanne Briet and the significance of Briet\u2019s manifesto Qu\u2019est ce que la documentation? (1951) for (1) The concept of \u201cdocument,\u201d making the many uses of the word \u201cinformation\u201d more clear, the physicality of information, and the development of \u2018document theory\u2019; and (2) Motivation &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.isko-france.asso.fr\/colloque2017\/en\/michael-buckland\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continuer la lecture de <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Michael Buckland<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.isko-france.asso.fr\/colloque2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/225"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.isko-france.asso.fr\/colloque2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.isko-france.asso.fr\/colloque2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.isko-france.asso.fr\/colloque2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.isko-france.asso.fr\/colloque2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.isko-france.asso.fr\/colloque2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":419,"href":"http:\/\/www.isko-france.asso.fr\/colloque2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/225\/revisions\/419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.isko-france.asso.fr\/colloque2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}