Patrick Wilson (December 29, 1927 – September 12, 2003) was a noted

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, information scientist and

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who served as a

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at the

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and as dean of the School of Library and Information Studies (now the School of Information) there. Earlier in his career, Wilson taught philosophy at the

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Career

Wilson is noted within the

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communities for his work on the philosophical underpinnings of bibliographic control, that is, the ways in which

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is organized and the relationships between different

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and pieces of knowledge. He also did work on what he called "cognitive authority," which is the study of how people gain reputation and the authority of possessing knowledge in the eyes of other people. He is the subject of an oral history. Wilson was the winner of the 2001

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Award of Merit. In his acceptance remarks, Wilson commented:

Published works

Wilson is the author of three books: * * *

External links

The librarian Wilson's obituary from UC Berkeley News

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wilson, Patrick American librarians 1927 births 2003 deaths University of California, Berkeley faculty University of California, Los Angeles faculty

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