{"id":202,"date":"2026-05-12T14:24:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T14:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/projectonenessworld\/?p=202"},"modified":"2026-05-13T23:27:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T23:27:45","slug":"nick-belkin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/projectonenessworld\/nick-belkin\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Belkin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In Conversation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Episode 17 Nick Belkin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Information Science<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In conversation with Nicholas Belkin, Distinguished Professor of Information Science, Emeritus, at the School of Communication and Information, Rutgers University and a stalwart of the information science and information retrieval fields. He talked about growing up speaking Russian in the US during the cold war, forming the Concept of Anomalous State of Knowledge (ASK), his time in the military during the Cuban Missile Crisis, being open to ideas but following your own, and keeping fit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trailer (1:02)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-9-16 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Trailer - In Conversation E17 Nick Belkin\" width=\"443\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iTad6lmo5kc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Interview (1:22:46)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"In Conversation E17 Nick Belkin\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EW-A7lqr4G8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Timecodes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0:00 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/EW-A7lqr4G8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trailer<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1:00 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/EW-A7lqr4G8?t=60\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Intro<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4:29 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/EW-A7lqr4G8?t=269\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nick\u2019s Life and Career<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>13:11 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/EW-A7lqr4G8?t=791\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Formation of the Anomalous State of Knowledge Concept<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>50:48 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/EW-A7lqr4G8?t=3048\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Childhood<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>55:07 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/EW-A7lqr4G8?t=3307\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Military, Cuban Missile Crisis<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>56:16 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/EW-A7lqr4G8?t=3376\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Return to Academia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>59:43 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/EW-A7lqr4G8?t=3583\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Major Turning Points<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1:05:26 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/EW-A7lqr4G8?t=3926\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Brenda Dervin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1:08:38 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/EW-A7lqr4G8?t=4118\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Key Skills<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1:10:53 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/EW-A7lqr4G8?t=4253\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Biggest Successes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1:13:17 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/EW-A7lqr4G8?t=4397\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Difficult Phases<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1:15:08 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/EW-A7lqr4G8?t=4508\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What Belkin Wished He Knew Earlier<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1:18:03 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/EW-A7lqr4G8?t=4683\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Life Principles<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1:18:51 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/EW-A7lqr4G8?t=4731\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What is Happiness?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1:20:11 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/EW-A7lqr4G8?t=4811\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Belkin\u2019s Goals and Health<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This interview was supported by the ASIS&amp;T Bob Williams Research Grant 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More about Nick Belkin <a href=\"https:\/\/sci.rutgers.edu\/belkin-nicholas\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/sci.rutgers.edu\/belkin-nicholas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rutgers University<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=0K0G50IAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Google Scholar<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nicholas_J._Belkin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Conversation Episode 17 Nick Belkin Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Information Science In conversation with Nicholas Belkin, Distinguished Professor of Information Science, Emeritus, at the School of Communication and Information, Rutgers University and a stalwart of the information science and information retrieval fields. He talked about growing up speaking Russian in the US during the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/projectonenessworld\/nick-belkin\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Nick Belkin&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":203,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59,61,58],"tags":[145,140,137,147,144,143,139,136,2,141,20,138,142,146],"class_list":["post-202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-interviews","category-information-science","category-leadership","tag-academia-life","tag-academic-interview","tag-anomalous-state-of-knowledge","tag-ask-theory","tag-cold-war-childhood","tag-cuban-missile-crisis","tag-information-behavior","tag-information-retrieval","tag-information-science","tag-library-and-information-science","tag-life-lessons","tag-nicholas-belkin","tag-research-career","tag-rutgers-university"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/projectonenessworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/projectonenessworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/projectonenessworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/projectonenessworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/projectonenessworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/projectonenessworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":213,"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/projectonenessworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202\/revisions\/213"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/projectonenessworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/projectonenessworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/projectonenessworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/projectonenessworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}