Patrick Wilson (librarian) explained

Patrick Wilson
Birth Place:Santa Cruz, California
Death Place:San Francisco, California
Occupation:Librarian, Information science professor
Thesis Title:On Interpretation and Understanding
Thesis Year:1960
Doctoral Advisor:Benson Mates
Doctoral Students:Elfreda Chatman
Howard D. White
Discipline:Library and information science
Workplaces:University of California, Los Angeles
UC Berkeley School of Library and Information Studies

Patrick Wilson (December 29, 1927 – September 12, 2003) was a noted librarian, information scientist and philosopher who served as a professor at the University of California, Berkeley and as dean of the School of Library and Information Studies (now the School of Information) there. Earlier in his career, Wilson taught philosophy at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Career

Wilson is noted within the library and information science communities for his work on the philosophical underpinnings of bibliographic control, that is, the ways in which knowledge is organized and the relationships between different documents and pieces of knowledge. He also did work on what he called "cognitive authority," which is the study of how people gain reputation and the authority of possessing knowledge in the eyes of other people.

He is the subject of an oral history.[1]

Wilson was the winner of the 2001 American Society for Information Science and Technology Award of Merit. In his acceptance remarks, Wilson commented:

Published works

Wilson is the author of three books:

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Laura . McCreery . The Regents of the University of California . Philosopher of Information: an Eclectic Imprint on Berkeley's School of Librarianship, 1965-1991 . Library School Oral History Series and University of California, Source of Community Leaders Series . 2000 . oral history . 2008-01-26.