Straipsnyje siekiama atskleisti pirmojo pasaulyje mokslo istorijos žurnalo Isis (Izidė) ir jo priedo,
skirto mokslo istorijos bibliografijai Isis Cumulative Bibliography, IsisCB (Isis jungtinė bibliografija),
įkūrimo aplinkybes bei raidos pakopas, aptarti žurnalo įkūrėjo George’o Sartono požiūrį į mokslo istorijos
bibliografiją, jo keltus uždavinius mokslo istoriko veiklai. Apžvelgiamos mokslo istorijos bibliografijos
pateikimo duomenų bazėse naujovės.
Esminiai žodžiai: bibliografija; mokslo istorija; moksliniai žurnalai; duomenų bazės.
Keywords: bibliography; history of science; scientific journals; databases.
Paper discuses a bibliographical experience of over one hundred years advocated by a first journal of history
of science – Isis. The journal was established by a Belgian mathematician and a pioneer of history of
science George Sarton (1884–1956), in Belgium, in 1913. The first volume of a journal already held a
substantial bibliographical material – a critical bibliography on history of science, including an introduction
and address to the world community of historians of science. G. Sarton introduced idea of compiling
a bibliography of science as an urgent and important task, which does not tent to be complete in the first
volume, but hopes to introduce the most important information from the whole world. G. Sarton acknowledges
his intention to sift scientific material from “amussette”, though the latter material is also allowed
to a bibliography to give it some “spirit”. Classification was the second main task G. Sarton seeks for the
bibliographical material. The classification system he created was partly influenced by ideas of Augustus
Comte (1798–1857) and Wilhelm Ostwald (1853–1932) and was only slightly altered during last decades.
Bibliographical material was taking over a space of scientific journals, so it was decided to publish an additional
volume Isis Current Bibliography (IsisCB), completely dedicated to a history of science bibliography.
The editorial board took over G. Sarton‘s idea of to “store all records, century by century”, and issued several
cumulative indexes for bibliographical material of 1913–1965 (90 volumes) and 1965–1975 (91–100
volumes). In the beginning of 21st century. IsisCB was transferred to a platform with an open access to the
whole bibliographical data. The paper argues scientometrical and prosopographical issues of the IsisCB and
a heritage of history of science in a digital form.
