Rethinking the Call for a US National Data Center in the 1960s: Privacy, Social Science Research and Data Fragmentation Viewed from the Perspective of Contemporary Archival Theory.

This article reconsiders from current archival perspectives the debate surrounding the failed proposal for a national data center in the 1960s. Whereas most accounts of the 1960s effort to construct a national data center in the United States focus on privacy issues, this account focuses more broadl...

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Publicado en:Information & Culture Vol. 53; no. 2; pp. 203 - 243
Autores principales: Loughnane, Christopher, Aspray, William
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: University of Texas Press 2018
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