A Case History in Selective Elimination as a Solution to the Information Crises.

Tinker, William; Evers, Benjamin; Chance, Paul N.

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ERIC Number: EJ593537

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1999

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A Case History in Selective Elimination as a Solution to the Information Crises.

Tinker, William; Evers, Benjamin; Chance, Paul N.

Journal of the American Society for Information Science, v50 n11 p1040-41 Sep 1999

Describes the authors' research behind the Historic Cancellation of Fact method, a solution to the information explosion crisis. Each existing paper is evaluated in the light of new papers published the day before, and any "old" paper which has suffered obsolescence is immediately pulled and republished in its entirety in SCRUB (Science Culling and Rejecting of Un-Information Bulletin). (AEF)

Descriptors: Information Science, Journal Articles, Obsolescence, Publications, Research and Development, Scholarly Journals, Science Experiments, Scientific and Technical Information, Selection Tools, Writing for Publication

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Note: Special topic issue: the 50th Anniversary of the Journal of the American Society for Information Science. Part 1: The Journal, Its Society, and the Future of Print.