Technology, Scholarship, and the Humanities:

The Implications of Electronic Information

                        
September 30 - October 2, 1992

                           Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center
                             of the National Academies
                            of Sciences and Engineering

                                Irvine, California



Summary of Proceedings

                 This publication was supported by a generous 
                 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to 
                 the American Council of Learned Societies



Sponsoring Organizations

                  The Getty Art History Information Program
                  The American Council of Learned Societies
                  The Coalition for Networked Information
                  The Council on Library Resources
                  The Research Libraries Group, Inc.


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The American Council of Learned Societies and
The J. Paul Getty Trust


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ISBN: 0-9632792-1-1


Technology, Scholarship, and the Humanities:

The Implications of Electronic Information


Table of Contents



Preface


Foreword and Acknowledgments


Participants


Plenary Session:  Survey 
of Conference Objectives by Conference Sponsors (Summaries)


Keynote Address (Excerpts) 
by Vartan Gregorian


Discussion Papers Commissioned for the Conference (Summaries)


   Oleg Grabar: The 
   Intellectual Implications


   Carolyn C. Lougee: The 
   Professional Implications


   Richard A. Lanham: The 
   Implications for the Sociology of Knowledge


   William Y. Arms: The 
   Institutional Implications


   Lawrence Dowler:
   The Implications for National Institutions



Themes Common to the 
Five Working Groups


Working Group 
Reports (Summaries)


   Group I: The 
   Intellectual Implications


   Group II: The
   Professional Implications


   Group III: The 
   Implications for the Sociology of Knowledge


   Group IV:  The 
   Institutional Implications


   Group V:  The 
   Implications for National Institutions



Comments by Participants


Final Session: Remarks 
by Conference Sponsors (Summaries)


Descriptions of the 
Sponsoring Organizations

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