TY - JOUR
T1 - Library and Information Science (LIS), Part 1
AU - Hjørland, Birger
N1 - Part 1+2 are published as one article online at: http://www.isko.org/cyclo/lis
PY - 2018/5/18
Y1 - 2018/5/18
N2 - This article outlines the history of library and information science (LIS), from its roots in library scicnce, information science and documentation. It considers various conceptions or "paradigms" in the field and discusses the topical content of LIS as well as the relationships between LIS and other disciplines. The main argument of the article is that answers to all such questions concerning LIS are related to conceptions of LIS. It is argued that an updated version of social episte-mology (SE), which was founded by Egan and Shera in 1952, may in hindsight provide the most fruitful theoretical frame for IJS. SE is related to the domain-analytic approach, which was suggested by Hjorland and Albrechtsen in 1995.
AB - This article outlines the history of library and information science (LIS), from its roots in library scicnce, information science and documentation. It considers various conceptions or "paradigms" in the field and discusses the topical content of LIS as well as the relationships between LIS and other disciplines. The main argument of the article is that answers to all such questions concerning LIS are related to conceptions of LIS. It is argued that an updated version of social episte-mology (SE), which was founded by Egan and Shera in 1952, may in hindsight provide the most fruitful theoretical frame for IJS. SE is related to the domain-analytic approach, which was suggested by Hjorland and Albrechtsen in 1995.
UR - http://www.isko.org/cyclo/lis
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0943-7444
VL - 45
SP - 232
EP - 254
JO - Knowledge Organization
JF - Knowledge Organization
IS - 3
ER -