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Martha E. Williams (1934-2007), her work and her significance for information science
Dvořáková, Drahomíra ; Bratková, Eva (advisor) ; Vlasák, Rudolf (referee)
The purpose of the thesis is to describe life and work of Martha E. Williams related to library and information science. The thesis introduces private life of Martha E. Williams, her professional development in the Illinois Institute of Technology Research Institute in Chicago and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and her activities in professional library associations and academic awards given to her. The core of the thesis is made of thorough analysis of individual works, activities and projects that Martha E. Williams conducted or significantly participated in. Martha E. Williams contributed to development of databases and information industry, worked as an editor of register of Computer-Readable database (CRDB) and of serial Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST). Furthemore, Martha E. Williams devoted her time systematically to transparency of information retrieval, database classification and evaluation, usage data, analysis of governmental and private databases and the role of libraries and information centers in the era of rapid expansion of databases.
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