The Fascinating World of Festschrifts
Celebrating Linda C. Smith, the Renaissance Scholar of Library and information Science
November 11, 2023. Vol. 1, Issue 11.
Welcome new readers. Thank you readers for your insights and questions on Polymaths, Polystores, and Possiplex: Infophilia, Positive Psychology of Information. I also appreciate your sympathetic responses to the WWII Blimp Hangar Fire.
Today, we meet another living polymath, the library, and information sciences, interdisciplinary scholar Linda C. Smith, Professor Emerita, School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. In the 1970s, Linda was already investigating the potential of artificial intelligence for libraries and collecting competencies from the sciences, medicine, the humanities. We also take a peek into the fascinating world of festschrifts, an academic tradition dedicated to honoring the remarkable contributions of scholars, with a personal story about my participation in a festschrift project that began two years ago.