Preface: Digital STI, a new order of things ?

More than ever, scientific and technical information (STI) has a dual nature. As the finished product of past science and the raw material of science in the making, it is undergoing a permanent transition in line with digital technology. Its systems and algorithms can use the whole amount of past k...

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Publicado en:URI:https://journals.openedition.org/hrc,
Autor Principal: Petit, Antoine
Formato: Article ou chapitre numérique
Idioma:Anglais
Publicado: Histoire de la recherche contemporaine 2022
Acceso en liña:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Résumé:More than ever, scientific and technical information (STI) has a dual nature. As the finished product of past science and the raw material of science in the making, it is undergoing a permanent transition in line with digital technology. Its systems and algorithms can use the whole amount of past knowledge, explore it extensively to look for a single fact... To do this, it needs a look at the unknown, at the blind spot : no machine alone can replace the scientist’s look at what he or she can...