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Early reactions to information growth

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  • Jack Meadows

    (Loughborough University)

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The expansion in the number of journals being published really took off in the nineteenth century. Between the beginning and end of that century, the problems of dealing with the spread of literature appearing consequently grew rapidly. The reactions of scientists to this included a move towards increasing specialisation in their research, and a higher level of organisation of their communication activities. In particular, ways of assisting information retrieval were developed then which became extremely important in the twentieth century. Two of these developments are examined here – the provision of abstracts for scientists and of popular articles for non-scientists. Parallels can be found between these two activities, as well as differences due to the different target audiences. It is noted that both appeared in print environment: an electronic environment may affect their futures differently.

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  • Jack Meadows, 2001. "Early reactions to information growth," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 50(3), pages 553-561, January.
  • Handle: RePEc:spr:scient:v:50:y:2001:i:3:d:10.1023_a:1012782408157
    DOI: 10.1023/A:1012782408157
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    1. Antonio Fernández-Cano & Manuel Torralbo & Mónica Vallejo, 2004. "Reconsidering Price's model of scientific growth: An overview," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 61(3), pages 301-321, November.

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