On Tue, 2 Jun 1998 12:59:35 +0000 [log in to unmask] wrote:
> Hello,
> I'm a part-time MSc Student in Information Science and about to
> embark upon my first year exams. I was wondering if there is anyone
> out there who knows ANYTHING about Invisible Colleges and what
> it/they consist of.
The term "invisible college" refers to a network of
scientists who are in communication with each other. Such
networks pre-date the earliest scientific societies. See -
Crane, Diana
Invisible colleges : diffusion of knowledge in scientific
communities. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1972.
There is also a chapter on invisible colleges in the
classic work on the growth of science -
Price, Derek John de Solla
Little science, big science.
New York : Columbia U.P, 1963.
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