NASA Reshapes Libraries: The Space Program’s Impact on Academic Libraries,Special Libraries, and Archives

The National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) has enriched many fields through its scientific discoveries and new technologies, but its impact on information science, though lesser known, may be among its most significant contributions. From the reconceptualization of librarians as information scientists by NASA leaders like Von Braun and Day, to NASA’s massive program of knowledge dissemination including breakthroughs in hardware and software, NASA’s informational initiatives helped to lay the foundation of modern information science. This report will describe these developments to give some perspective on what academic libraries, special libraries, and archives owe to NASA.

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Work Title NASA Reshapes Libraries: The Space Program’s Impact on Academic Libraries,Special Libraries, and Archives
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  1. Spencer, Brett
  2. Dewald, Nancy H.
Keyword
  1. special libraries
  2. space science history
  3. aeronautical engineering libraries
  4. information science history
  5. archival science
  6. NASA history
  7. academic libraries
License CC BY-NC 4.0 (Attribution-NonCommercial)
Work Type Article
Publication Date 2015
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  1. English
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  1. DOI: 10.1080/0194262X.2015.1102676
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  1. Spencer, Brett, and Nancy H. Dewald. “NASA Reshapes Libraries: The Space Program’s Impact on Academic Libraries, Special Libraries, and Archives.” Science and Technology Libraries, vol. 34, no. 4, 2015, pp. 299-314. DOI: 10.1080/0194262X.2015.1102676
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