Chris Brown-Syed: Bio

Christopher Brown-Syed BA MLS MA PhD, has degrees in film production, philosophy, and information studies, from York University (Toronto) and the University of Toronto. He is Editor of the journal Library and Archival Security.

His areas of interest include the geopolitics of information, library automation and security, and the history and philosophy of technology. He has taught full-time at universities and colleges in Michigan and New York, and part-time in Arizona, Illinois, California, and Ontario.

With professional experience gained in Canada, Australia, the US and the UK, Chris is an ex-employee of the computer companies Plessey and Geac, and an "old hand" of the Commonwealth Expedition. He is currently writing a book about the people who developed integrated library automation systems.

Curriculum Vitae | Consulting Services | Publications

Current work...

"Cybernetics". In Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences, Third Edition. Eds. Marcia Bates and Mary Niles Maack. 9v., Forthcoming. Order from Amazon

Parents of Invention: The Development of Library Automation Systems in the 1980s and 1990s. Taylor and Francis, (Forthcoming).

Extract from a lecture on medieval libraries...

	A Brief Bio
		Christopher Brown-Syed BA MLS MA PhD, has degrees in film production, philosophy, and information studies, from York University (Toronto) and the University of Toronto. He is Editor of the journal Library and Archival Security. His areas of interest include the geopolitics of information, library automation and security, and the history and philosophy of technology. He has taught full-time at universities and colleges in Michigan and New York, and part-time in Arizona, Illinois, California, and Ontario. With professional experience gained in Canada, Australia, the US and the UK, Chris is an ex-employee of the computer companies Plessey and Geac, and an "old hand" of the Commonwealth Expedition. He is currently writing a book about the people who developed integrated library automation systems. Curriculum Vitae \| Consulting Services \| Publications Current work... "Cybernetics". In Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences, Third Edition. Eds. Marcia Bates and Mary Niles Maack. 9v., Forthcoming. Order from Amazon Parents of Invention: The Development of Library Automation Systems in the 1980s and 1990s. Taylor and Francis, (Forthcoming). Extract from a lecture on medieval libraries...
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