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Robert V. Williams

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Robert V. Williams (1938-2017) was an American historian of information science.


Robert Vernon ("Bob") Williams, was born October 10, 1938 in Florida. and died January 14, 2017.


Works

Projects

Bob Williams initiated a wide range of projects.

  • Co-founder with Michael Buckland of the ASIST Special Interest Group in theHistory and Foundations of Information Science (SIG HFIS), 1994(?).
  • Numerous oral history recordings.
  • Bibliographies of information science history.
  • Didactic videos.

Publications

Honors

  • American Society for Information Science and Technology. Watson Davis Award for continuous dedicated leadership in and service to Association, 2011.
    • What
Special Libraries Association recognized him in 2003 for mentoring and teaching. He received the prestigious Watson Davis Award in 2011 from the

Further reading

  • 'In memoriam: Dr. Robert V. Williams." University of South Carolina. College of Information and Communications. [Webpage] [1]
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