Sunday, 8/17/2008
8:40 AM - 3:15 PM  Sofitel Hotel  Strasburg

CINF

Pioneers of Chemical Information  

Oral
Section B

 
Organized by: Charles F. Huber
 

8:40 AM

            

 

  Introductory Remarks 
   
 

8:45 AM

            

1

  Chemical encyclopedists: The prehistory of databases 
Barbara Charton  
 

9:10 AM

            

2

  M. G. Mellon's Chemical Publications: Their Nature and Use : Five editions, six decades 
Adrienne W. Kozlowski  
 

9:35 AM

            

3

  Peter Norton: A life in chemical indexing 
Bob Stembridge Gez Cross
 

10:00 AM

            

 

  Intermission 
   
 

10:15 AM

            

4

  Philip Sadtler: Founder of analytical informatics--in the era of punch cards 
Gregory M. Banik Marie Scandone
 

10:40 AM

            

5

  Rise and fall of British Chemical Abstracts 
Helen Cooke  
 

11:05 AM

            

6

  Science of structural revolutions: August Kekulé and chemical representationWITHDRAWN
Robert Schombs Jr.  
 

11:30 AM

            

 

  Lunch Break 
   
 

2:00 PM

            

15

  Chemical Abstracts Service 1907-2008: key people, services and enhancements 
Evelyn C. Powell  
 

2:25 PM

            

16

  Eugene Garfield and his ideas, writings, and accomplishments: Impact on science, scientists, and politics 
Svetla Baykoucheva  
 

2:50 PM

            

17

  Josef Houben and Theodor Weyl 
M. Fiona Shortt de Hernandez