1. Floating Topic
2. When and Why Is a Pioneer: History and Heritage in Library and Information Science
   1. Technology
      1. up to date access to new technology and create new systems that offer new services
      2. recording changes across time, storage and retrieval of contributions and information.
   2. People
      1. W. Boyd Rayward: author
         1. " History provides us with a way to think about the past and the present"
   3. Informaion
      1. Describes pioneers as people who left a trace of their presence behind.
      2. access to public information, stores, retrieve and provide information in anticipation of use.
3. The Five Laws of Library Science Then and Now
   1. Information
      1. Ranganthan used intellegence and the scientific approach in forming his laws.
      2. Every member of the community we serve deserves access to all of our collections and to the very best service we can provide.
   2. People
      1. S.R. Rananathan; invented the term: library scicene.
         1. Every book its reader or I will add useful items to the collection and make it accessible to all. Save the time of the reader or remember the time of the user is precious. The library is a growing organization or I will remember that libraries grow and develop and will plan accordingly.
      2. List of guiding rules with a bit of histoy
      3. author: Michael Gorman
         1. Libraries serve humanity or I will derive my reward from service to humanity. Respect all forms by which knowledge is communicated or resist pressure to deny one useful format to patrons in favor of another. Use technology intelligently to enhance service or I will sue technology when it is useful, affordable and cost effective. Protect fee access to knowledge or use technology to support and increase free access to knowledge. Honor the past and create the future or balance between the old and the new.
   3. Technology
      1. "Technology exists to support our mission as librarians..." (Gorman 1998)
      2. beware restrictions to access for the less well to do.
4. Documentation, Information Science, and Library Science in the USA
   1. Technology
      1. Increased revenue and resources post Depression era made technology more accessible.
      2. Post WWII explosion of interest in new technologies.
      3. Prior to WWII library schools were uninterested in technology and its innovations.
   2. Information
      1. Information science vs. Library Science
         1. informational science: Rise in availability of programs and technology and technological innovations. Increased popularity post WWII. Focus on sociology, political science, and education not on library science.
         2. library science was focused on cataloguing, and other classification theory and practice. Limited to library needs.
   3. People
      1. Michael Buckland: author
         1. Otlet: microfiche and hyper text
         2. Dewey, Bliss, Ranganathan: cataloging and organization
         3. Butler: scientific librarianship
         4. Bendikson and Rider : merits of Microprint, microfilm, micro-cards