Interview Dusoulier (2000) Rayward
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ABSTRACT
Nathalie Dusoulier begins her interview by discussing her family background and
education. She recounts how she started working in information science from her
background in pharmacology. She then speaks about her employment at Centre National de
la
Recherche Scientifique [CNRS]. She describes the number of different forms her career
at CNRS took, from indexing articles to directing the biology and human science sections
of
CNRS’s publication, Bulletin Signalétique. She talks about the different methods used to
index and her first experiences with automation and computing. Dusouli
er then segues into
discussing the commercialization of Institut de l’Information Scientifique et Technique
[INIST] and its collaborations with various international orga
nizations. She then speaks
about a variety of other information science organizations including International Council of
Scientific Unions Abstracting Board [ICSU AB], Un
ited Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization Programme Générale d’Information [UNESCO PGI], Federation for
Information and Documentation [FID], and the
International Federation of Library
Associations and Institutions [IFLA].
Dusoulier’s interview continues with details of her employment at INIST. She talks
about her transition from the United Nations and moving to Nancy, France to set up INIST.
She talks about hiring INIST’s staff and setting up the center. She continues her ea
rlier
discussion about commercialization of information and INIST by talking about INIST
Diffusion. She concludes her interview by talking about recent changes in technol
ogy and
their impact on information science.
