Document (#42304)

Author

Trembach, S.

Title

From information to knowledge to wisdom : the cold war battle for information superiority and its implications for thriving in the age of data smog

Source

Libri. 69(2019) no.1, S.1-12

Year

2019

Abstract

This article employs a comparative historical perspective to narrow the gap in the existing knowledge of the origins of the trans-Atlantic information explosion phenomenon that dates back to the early decades of the twentieth century. The author examines the root cause of the unprecedented growth of the overall amount of documents through the lens of the rapid expansion of scientific and technical advances across the world and subsequent spread of modern technologies, particularly those applied to scientific and technical information (STI). The study's focus is on two superpowers of the era: the thriving Soviet military-industrial complex that went hand in hand with the rise of the STI management system in the mid-twentieth century United States. By exploring the practices of a range of U.S. and Soviet information agencies, this research draws parallels with the current information overload and informs our judgment about the challenges and possibilities in scientific and scholarly research brought about by today's global information age.

Content

Vgl.: DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/libri-2018-0008.

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