Architects of Memory : Information and Rhetoric in a Networked Archival Age /

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"In Architects of Memory: Information and Rhetoric in a Networked Archival Age, Nathan R. Johnson charts turning points where concepts of memory became durable in new computational technologies and modern memory infrastructures took hold. He works through both familiar and esoteric memory techn...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Johnson, Nathan R. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2020]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Operations research.
Library science.
Libraries and society.
Information science.
Collective memory.
Recherche operationnelle.
Memoire collective.
Bibliotheques et societe.
Bibliotheconomie > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Operations Research
Library science > History > 20th century.
Information science > History > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"In Architects of Memory: Information and Rhetoric in a Networked Archival Age, Nathan R. Johnson charts turning points where concepts of memory became durable in new computational technologies and modern memory infrastructures took hold. He works through both familiar and esoteric memory technologies-from the card catalog to the book cart to Zatocoding and keyword indexing-as he delineates histories of librarianship and information science and provides a working vocabulary for understanding rhetoric's role in contemporary memory practices. Probes the development of information management after World War II and its consequences for public memory and human agency"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (221 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780817392963

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