A Tale Of Two Chemists: Academic Journals And The Technology Of Science Communication, Shawn Martin
May 2017
A Tale Of Two Chemists: Academic Journals And The Technology Of Science Communication, Shawn Martin
Shawn Martin
No abstract provided.
Science Serving Industry: Documentary Authority And Industrial Influence In 19th Century American Chemistry, Shawn Martin
Dec 2016
Science Serving Industry: Documentary Authority And Industrial Influence In 19th Century American Chemistry, Shawn Martin
Shawn Martin
No abstract provided.
"The Church Or The Wheel?" Religious Institutions Respond To The American Bicycle Boom.Pptx, Christopher A. Sweet
Jun 2016
"The Church Or The Wheel?" Religious Institutions Respond To The American Bicycle Boom.Pptx, Christopher A. Sweet
Christopher A. Sweet
“These bladder-wheel bicycles are diabolical devices of the demon of darkness.” Thus railed a Baltimore preacher against the massive wave of popularity for the safety bicycle in the mid-1890s. From a 21st century perspective it seems quaint that American religious institutions felt threatened by something so mundane as bicycles. At the time though, easy-to-ride and relatively cheap safety bicycles presented a direct challenge to many established cultural and social norms. Women cyclists gained independent mobility and were able to press for dress reform. Physical health became a priority for city-dwellers. Christian churches and pastors primarily criticized the bicycle for encouraging …
Scholarly Communication Institutions: Transforming Scholarship With History, Shawn Martin
Oct 2015
Scholarly Communication Institutions: Transforming Scholarship With History, Shawn Martin
Shawn Martin
The current scholarly communication system has developed over centuries; yet, more recently it has been breaking down. Different disciplines have diagnosed this as an economic breakdown between libraries and publishers, a social failure among academics, and as a technological disruption. Of course, all of these answers are true to some degree. By combining approaches from information science and history, it may be possible to understand scholarly communication system more clearly. Historians such as Steven Shapin in A Social History of Truth (1994) have suggested that academic dialogue rests on “trust.” As the number of people participating became larger, that trust …
