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W. Boyd Rayward

Emeritus Professor, University of New South Wales, Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

School of Information Systems - PhD, University of Chicago | MS (LS), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Grad Dip of Librarianship, UNSW | BA (Hons), University of Sydney

Journal Articles

Rayward WB, 2014, 'Information revolutions, the information society, and the future of the history of information science' Library Trends, vol. 62, pp. 681 - 713, http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/lib.2014.0001
Rayward WB, 2012, 'Paul Otlet, an encounter' Cahiers de la documentation / Bladen voor documentatie, pp. 71 - 73
Van Den Heuvel C; Rayward WB, 2011, 'Facing interfaces: Paul Otlet's visualizations of data integration' Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, vol. 62, pp. 2313 - 2326, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/asi.21607
Boyd Rayward W; Unsworth J, 2008, 'Library Trends: Preface' Library Trends, vol. 56, pp. 721 - 723
Rayward WB; Jenkins C, 2007, 'Libraries in times of war, revolution, and social change' Library Trends, vol. 55, pp. 361 - 369
Rayward WB, 2005, 'The historical development of information infrastructures and the dissemination of knowledge: A personal reflection' Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, vol. 31, pp. 27 - 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bult.1720310409
Boyd Rayward W, 2004, 'When and why is a pioneer: History and heritage in library and information science' Library Trends, vol. 52, pp. 671 - 682
Boyd Rayward W, 2004, 'Guest editorial' Australian Library Journal, vol. 53, pp. 3 - 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00049670.2004.10721606
Marty PF; Boyd Rayward W; Twidale MB, 2003, 'Museum informatics' Annual Review of Information Science and Technology, vol. 37, pp. 259 - 294
Rayward WB, 2002, 'A history of computer applications in libraries: Prolegomena' IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, vol. 24, pp. 4 - 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MAHC.2002.1010066
Graham R; Rayward WB, 2002, 'Guest editor's introduction: Computer applications in libraries, Part 1' IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, vol. 24, pp. 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MAHC.2002.1010065
Haythornthwaite C; Bowker G; Jenkins C; Rayward WB, 1999, 'Mapping the dimensions of a dynamic field' Journal of the American Society for Information Science, vol. 50, pp. 1092 - 1094, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1097-4571(1999)50:12<1092::AID-ASI8>3.0.CO;2-A
Rayward WB, 1999, 'The noble brow of history: The history and heritage of science information systems' Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science, vol. 25, pp. 19 - 22
Rayward WB, 1999, 'H.G. Wells's idea of a World Brain: A critical reassessment' Journal of the American Society for Information Science, vol. 50, pp. 557 - 573, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1097-4571(1999)50:7<557::AID-ASI2>3.0.CO;2-M
Rayward WB, 1997, 'The origins of information science and the international institute of bibliography/international federation for information and documentation (FID)' Journal of the American Society for Information Science, vol. 48, pp. 289 - 300
Rayward WB, 1996, 'The history and historiography of information science: Some reflections' Information Processing and Management, vol. 32, pp. 3 - 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0306-4573(95)00046-J
Boyd Rayward W, 1996, 'Letters' Australian Library Journal, vol. 45, pp. 79
Rayward WB, 1994, 'Some schemes for restructuring and mobilising information in documents: A historical perspective' Information Processing and Management, vol. 30, pp. 163 - 175, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0306-4573(94)90062-0
Rayward WB, 1994, 'Visions of Xanadu: Paul Otlet (1868–1944) and hypertext' Journal of the American Society for Information Science, vol. 45, pp. 235 - 250, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1097-4571(199405)45:4<235::AID-ASI2>3.0.CO;2-Y
Rayward WB, 1992, 'The legacy of paul otlet, pioneer of information science' Australian Library Journal, vol. 41, pp. 90 - 102, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00049670.1992.10755606
Henderson C; Rayward WB, 1992, 'Confronting the Future: University Libraries in the Next Decade — an Outline of Some Issues' Australian Academic and Research Libraries, vol. 23, pp. 1 - 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00048623.1992.10754781
Henderson C; Rayward WB, 1992, 'Editorial' Australian Academic and Research Libraries, vol. 23, pp. 7 - 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00048623.1992.10754780
Rayward WB, 1991, 'The case of Paul Otlet, pioneer of information science, internationalist, visionary: Reflections on biography' Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, vol. 23, pp. 135 - 145, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/096100069102300303
Rayward WB, 1984, 'The problem of connections: Education for and the practice of librarianship 1' Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, vol. 16, pp. 151 - 169, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/096100068401600301
Rayward WB, 1977, 'Some Developments in Nineteenth Century Bibliography: Great Britain' Libri, vol. 27, pp. 97 - 107, http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/libr.1977.27.1.97
Rayward WB, 1974, 'The International Institute of Bibliography and Pierre Nenkoff’ a Bulgarian Librarian: An Attempt at International Cooperation' Libri, vol. 24, pp. 209 - 228, http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/libr.1974.24.3.209

Books

Rayward WB, 2014, Information beyond borders: International cultural and intellectual exchange in the belle époque
Rayward WB, 2014, Introduction: International exhibitions, Paul Otlet, Henri La Fontaine and the paradox of the belle époque
Rayward WB, 1996, The development of a library profession in australia: the international travel diaries and other papers by John Wallace Metcalfe, Original, Scarecrow Press, Metuchen, New Jersey

Book Chapters

Rayward WB, 2014, 'International exhibitions, Paul Otlet, Henri La Fontaine and the paradox of the belle époque' in Information Beyond Borders: International Cultural and Intellectual Exchange in the Belle Epoque, pp. 1 - 22
Rayward WB, 2012, 'The Search for Universal Access to Information: from the Office of Publicke Addresse to the World Wide Web – and beyond?' in Southard J; Penniman WD (ed.), A Belt Sround the World: a World Building on Education, Lifelong Learning, and Technology, iUniverse, pp. 190 - 211
van den Heuvel C; Rayward WB, 2012, 'Visionen und Visualisierungen der Datenintegration' in Hartmann F (ed.), Vom Buch zur Datenbank: Paul Otlets Utopie der Wissensvisualisierung, Avinus-Verlag, pp. 103 - 140
Rayward WB, 2010, 'Introduction >: Cet Ouvrage' in Gillen J (ed.), Paul Otlet ; fondateur du mundaneum (1868-1944) ; architecte du savoir, artisan de paix, edn. 1st, Les Impressions Nouvelles, Bruxellers, pp. 5 - 9
Rayward WB, 2010, 'Information for the Public: Information Infrastructure in the Republic of Letters' in Weller T (ed.), Information History in the Modern World: Histories of the Information Age, edn. 1st, Palgrave Macmillan, England, pp. 31 - 56
Rayward WB, 2010, 'Paul Otlet: Encyclopédiste, Internationaliste, Belge' in Gillen J (ed.), Paul Otlet ; fondateur du mundaneum (1868-1944) ; architecte du savoir, artisan de paix, edn. 1st, Les Impressions Nouvelles, Bruxellers, pp. 15 - 50
Rayward WB, 1998, 'Electronic information and the functional integration of libraries, museums and achives' in History and Electronic Artefacts, edn. Original, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 207 - 224
Rayward WB, 1998, 'The History and Historiography of Information Science: Some Reflections' in Historical Studies in Information Science, edn. Original, Information Today, Inc for ASIS, Medford, NJ, USA, pp. 7 - 21
Rayward WB, 1998, 'The Origins of Information Science and the International Institute of Bibliography/International Federation for Information and Documentation (FID)' in Historical Studies in Information Science, edn. Original, Information Today, Inc for ASIS, Medford, NJ, USA, pp. 22 - 33
Rayward WB, 1998, 'Visions of Xanadu: Paul Otlet (1868-1944) and Hypertext' in Historical Studies in Information Science, edn. Original, Information Today, Inc for ASIS, Medford, NJ, USA, pp. 65 - 80

Conference Papers

Rayward WB, (eds.), 2013, 'From the index card to the World City: knowledge organization and visualization in the work and ideas of Paul Otlet' in Proceedings of the International UDC Seminar - Classification & Visualization: Interfaces, Ergon Verlag, The Hague, The Netherlands, pp. 1 - 41, presented at International UDC Seminar 2013 - Classification & Visualization: Interfaces to Knowledge, The Hague, The Netherlands, 24 - 25 October 2013
Rayward WB; Buckland MK; Warner J; Bowker GC, 2006, 'Historiography of information science' in Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting, vol. 43

Working Papers

Rayward WB, 2010, 'Mundaneum: Archives of Knowledge', Occasional papers (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Graduate School of Library and Information Science) ; no.215

W. Boyd Rayward

Emeritus Professor, University of New South Wales, Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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