| Description |
Sound files ; digital, mp3 file |
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Transcript : (33 leaves) ; 29 cm. |
| Series |
Chemical Heritage Foundation Oral History Transcript ; 0209.
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Interview conducted by W. Boyd Rayward at International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria. |
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Sponsored by the Eugene Garfield Foundation. |
| Summary |
Claudio Todeschini was born in Tripoli, Libya, and spent his childhood in Italy and South Africa. He received his first degree in civil engineering from the University of Capetown, South Africa. He began his graduate studies on concrete shell structures at the Imperial College, University of London. Todeschini received his DIC [Diploma of Imperial College] in 1961, and then went to the United States and became a Ph.D. research assistant at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. He finished his Ph.D. work on thin-shell structures at the University of Illinois in 1967. Then, Todeschini accepted a professorship at the University of Maryland in 1966, and a year later, he added to his workload by becoming a part-time researcher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the U.S. Department of Commerce. While working on an information system for the Department of Commerce, Todeschini gained a strong interest in information storage and retrieval, and terminological relationships. In 1969, he joined the International Atomic Energy Agency [IAEA] and began working on the INIS [International Nuclear Information System] information system. His involvement with the INIS project began with terminology work in Luxembourg, where he adapted and developed terminology from the pre-existing EURATOM information system. In fact, Todeschini focused on terminology throughout most of his career at the IAEA, which he discusses throughout the interview. Todeschini also discusses the INIS's decentralized input system, and the incorporation of abstracts into that system. He details how the INIS has been available in each member state, and how for profit organizations are able to host access for the system. In conclusion, Todeschini discusses the various heads of the INIS system and describes his most important personal contributions to the system. |
| Cite As |
Claudio Todeschini, interviewed by W. Boyd Rayward at International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria, 2000 August 14, (Philadelphia: Chemical Heritage Foundation, Oral History Transcript 0209). |
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Sound files Science History Institute. |
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Transcript Science History Institute. |
| Use |
No restrictions on access. Reproduction and use with permission. Chemical Heritage Foundation. |
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Born in Tripoli, Libya on 14 August 1937. Education: B.S., civil engineering, University of Cape Town (1959), DIC [Diploma of Imperial College], Imperial College, University of London (1961), M.S., theoretical and applied mechanics, University of Illinois (1962), Ph.D., theoretical and applied mechanics, University of Illinois (1967). Employment: 1966-1969 University of Maryland; 1967-1969 Massachusetts Institute of Technology; 1967-1969 U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Standards; 1969-1999 International Atomic Energy Agency. |
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Transcript has been indexed. |
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Part or all of this item has been digitized by Science History Institute. |
| Subject(s) |
Todeschini, C. -- Interviews.
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International Atomic Energy Agency.
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Civil engineers -- Biography.
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Civil engineers -- Interviews.
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Oral histories.
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Interviews. aat
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Information storage and retrieval systems -- Chemistry.
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Chemistry -- Nomenclature -- History.
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Chemistry -- Abstracting and indexing -- History.
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INIS (Information retrieval system)
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| Alternate Author |
Rayward, W. Boyd, 1939- interviewer.
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Chemical Heritage Foundation.
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| Alternate Title |
Claudio Todeschini oral history interview |
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