A LIFE IN THE INFORMATION TRADE

Authors
MEADOW CT
Citation
Ct. Meadow, A LIFE IN THE INFORMATION TRADE, Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 46(3), 1995, pp. 217-224
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Information Science & Library Science","Information Science & Library Science
Journal title
Journal of the American Society for Information Science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00028231
Volume
46
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
217 - 224
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-8231(1995)46:3<217:ALITIT>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
This article is a reminiscence of the author's career in information s cience, with emphasis on the temper of the times rather than specific technical or theoretical developments. The author reviews his transiti on from mathematics to computer programming to information retrieval; various projects he was involved with, such as the SAGE air defense sy stem, a demonstration of information retrieval for the Department of S tate, several projects for intelligence agencies; and IIDA, an early u ser interface for database searchers; plus teaching, writing, and edit ing experiences.