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April 17 Webinar on Library Trends’ Special Issue on Design and the Philosophy of Information!
On April 17, 2025, Library Trends will host a webinar featuring the latest issue, Library Trends 73 (1–2). Inspired by the contributions of Marcia Bates, this issue, “Design and the Philosophy of Information,” highlights the cultural, social, and philosophical dimensions of information design. Ken Herold served as guest editor of this issue, which is freely Continue reading
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Design and the Philosophy of Information
I’m delighted to announce some good news in this post (after the recent spate of disheartening ones about recent events that I’ve felt compelled to write): the special issue on “Design and the Philosophy of Information” has just been published in Library Trends. This is the third special issue in Library Trends on the topic Continue reading
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Call for Papers: Design in the Philosophy of Information
One of my interests has always been in the philosophy of information as embodied in Luciano Floridi’s ongoing PI project, especially his Principia Philosophiae Informationis. So I am particularly happy to share this new call for papers from guest editor Ken Herold on the philosophy of information and design to be published as a forthcoming Continue reading
About THIS SITE
This site is intended to provide additional information related to my book Keywords In and Out of Context, published in Springer’s Synthesis Lectures on Information Concepts, Retrieval, and Services series.
I am Betsy Van der Veer Martens, professor emerita at the University of Oklahoma’s School of Library & Information Studies, and my most recent article is “On Thresholds: Signs, Symbols, and Significance” in the Journal of Documentation.
Keywords In and Out of Context 