Wilson, Patrick (1928 -2003)
American philosopher and information scientist. Patrick Wilson was a professor and also served as dean at the School of Library and Information Studies, University of California, Berkeley.

Wilson addressed fundamental issues in information science. He has in particular contributed to our understanding of concepts such as bibliographic control, cognitive authority, information overload; subject and relevance.

Literature:

Munch-Petersen, E. (1996). Patrick Wilson and the Classics. IN: Olaisen, Johan; Erland Munch-Petersen and Patrick Wilson (eds.): Information Science. From the Development of the Discipline to Social Interaction. Oslo: Scandinavian University Press. (Pp. 233-243).

Smiraglia, Richard P. (2007). Two Kinds of Power: Insight Into The Legacy Of Patrick Wilson. IN: CAIS 2007. Information Sharing in a Fragmented World: Crossing Boundaries. McGill University, Montreal, Quebec. May 10 - 12, 2007. Proceedings Editors: Clément Arsenault and Kimiz Dalkir . http://www.cais-acsi.ca/proceedings/2007/smiraglia_2007.pdf

Wilson, P. (1968). Two Kinds of Power. An Essay on Bibliographical Control. Berkley: University of California Press. (Publications in Librarianship, 5).

Wilson, P. (1973). Situational Relevance. Information Storage and Retrieval, 9,  457-471.
 

Wilson, P. (1977). Public Knowledge, Private Ignorance: Toward a Library and Information Policy. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. (Contributions in Library and Information Policy, 10).
 

Wilson, P. (1978). Some fundamental concepts of information retrieval. Drexel Library Quarterly, 14(2), 10-24.

Wilson, P. (1979). On the use of records of research. Library Quarterly, 49(2), 127-145.
 

Wilson, P. (1980). Limits to the Growth of Knowledge: The Case of the Social and Behavioral Sciences. Library Quarterly, 50(1), 4-21.
 

Wilson, P. (1983a). Second-hand knowledge: An Inquiry into Cognitive Authority. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. (Contributions in Library and Information Policy, 44)
 

Wilson, P. (1983b). Bibliographical R and D. Pp. 389-397 in: Machlup, Fritz & Una Mansfield (eds.): The Study of Information. Interdisciplinary Messages. New York: Wiley.

Wilson, P. (1989a). Interpreting the second objective of the catalog. Library Quarterly. 59(4), 339-353.

Wilson, P. (1989b). The second objective. IN: The conceptual foundations of descriptive cataloging. Ed. by Elaine Svenonius. San Diego: Academic Press, Inc. (Pp. 5-16).
 

Wilson, P. (1993) Communication Efficiency in Research and Development. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 44(7), 376-382.

Wilson, P. (1996).  Some Consequences of Information Overload and Rapid Conceptual Change. Pp. 21-34 IN: Olaisen, Johan; Erland Munch-Petersen and Patrick Wilson (eds.): Information Science. From the Development of the Discipline to Social Interaction. Oslo: Scandinavian University Press.

Wilson, P.; White, H. D. & Bates, M. J.  (1992). For Information Specialists. Interpretations of Reference and Bibliographic Work. Norwood, NJ: Ablex Publ. Corp.

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Birger Hjørland

Last edited: 19-05-2007

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