Support of a Conference to Explore Potential Application of Computer Science to the Advancement of Research in the Humanities

FAIN: AO-10003-67

University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA 15260-6133)
Edison Montgomery (Project Director: May 1967 to present)

Two-day conference whose principal function would be devoted to the discussion of retrieval systems and various techniques that have been established in attempting to coordinate discrete retrieval in various locations and disciplines. The conference would include representatives from the National Science Foundation, Library of Congress, American Council of Learned Societies, and other similarly informed organizations. The conference would also include a session devoted to a discussion of the possible future capabilities of computers and to the impact that this manifestation of various techniques might have upon the philosophy of knowledge.