[Sigcr-l] Knowledge Map of Information Science

Sun Mar 4 10:56:50 EST 2007

Dear Colleagues,

Please forgive duplications.

In 2003-2005 I conducted a mapping study, " Knowledge Map of Information
Science <http://www.success.co.il/is/index.html>", which was supported by a
research grant from the Israel Science
Foundation<http://www.isf.org.il/english/default.asp>(an organ of the
Israel Academy of Science and Humanities). This was a
Critical Delphi study with an interdisciplinary panel composed of 57 leading
scholars from 16 countries.

*The panel.* The following scholars participated in the panel:  *Dr. Hanne
Albrechtsen*, Institute of Knowledge Sharing, Denmark; *Prof. Elsa Barber *,
University of Buenos Aires, Argentina; *Prof. Aldo de Albuquerque Barreto*,
Brazilian Institute for Information in Science and Technology, Brazil; *Prof.
Shifra Baruchson–Arbib *, Bar Ilan University, Israel; *Prof. Clare Beghtol* ,
University of Toronto, Canada; *Prof. Maria Teresa Biagetti*, University of
Rome 1, Italy; *Prof. Michael Buckland*, University of California, Berkeley,
USA; *Manfred Bundschuh *, University of Applied Sciences, Cologne, Germany;
*Dr. Quentin L. Burrell*, Isle of Man International Business School, Isle of
Man; *Dr. Paola Capitani*, Working Group Semantic Web, Italy; *Prof. Rafael
Capurro* , University of Applied Sciences, Stuttgart, Germany; *Prof. Thomas
A. Childers* , Drexel University, USA; *Prof. Charles H. Davis*, Indiana
University; the University of Illinois, USA; *Prof. Anthony Debons* ,
University of Pittsburgh, USA; *Prof. Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic *, Mälardalen
University, Sweden; *Prof. Henri Dou*, University of Aix-Marseille III,
France; *Prof. Nicolae Dragulanescu* , Polytechnics University of Bucharest,
Romania; *Prof. Carl Drott*, Drexel University, USA; *Prof. Luciana
Duranti*, University of British Columbia, Canada;
*Prof. Hamid Ekbia* , University of Redlands, USA; *Prof. Charles Ess*,
Drury University, USA; *Prof. Raya Fidel *, University of Washington,
USA; *Prof.
Thomas J. Froehlich*, Kent State University, USA; *Alan Gilchrist*, Cura
Consortium and TFPL, UK; *Dr. H.M. Gladney* , HMG Consulting, USA; *Prof.
Glynn Harmon*, University of Texas at Austin, USA; *Dr. Donald Hawkins*,
Information Today, USA; *Prof. Caroline Haythornthwaite* , University of
Illinois at Urbana Champaign, USA; *Ken Herold*, Hamilton College, USA; *Prof.
William Hersh* , Oregon Health & Science University, USA; *Prof. Birger
Hjorland* , Royal School of Library and Information Science, Denmark; *Sarah
Holmes**, the Publishing Project, USA. *Prof. Ian Johnson* *, the Robert
Gordon University, UK; *Prof. Wallace Koehler *, Valdosta State University,
USA; *Prof. Donald Kraft*, Louisiana State University, USA; *Prof. Yves
François Le Coadic* , National Technical University, France; *Dr. Jo
Link-Pezet*, Urfist, and University of Social Sciences, France; *Michal
Lorenz* , Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic; *Prof. Ia McIlwaine*,
University College London, UK; *Prof. Michel J. Menou*, Knowledge and ICT
management consultant, France; *Prof. Haidar Moukdad *, Dalhousie
University, Canada; *Dennis Nicholson*, Strathclyde University, UK; *Prof.
Charles Oppenheim*, Loughborough University, UK; *Prof. Lena Vania
Pinheiro*, Brazilian Institute for Information in Science and
Technology, Brazil;
*Prof. Maria Pinto*, University of Granada, Spain; *Prof. Roberto Poli*,
University of Trento, Italy; *Prof. Ronald Rousseau *, KHBO, and University
of Antwerp, Belgium; *Dr. Silvia Schenkolewski–Kroll* , Bar Ilan University,
Israel; *Scott Seaman**, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA; *Prof.
Richard Smiraglia*, Long Island University, USA; *Prof. Paul Sturges* ,
Loughborough University, UK; *Prof. Carol Tenopir* , University of
Tennessee, USA; *Dr. Joanne Twining*,
Intertwining.org<http://intertwining.org/>,
a virtual information consultancy, USA; *Prof. Anna da Soledade Vieira*,
Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil; *Dr. Julian Warner* , Queen's
University of Belfast, UK; *Prof. Irene Wormell* , Swedish School of Library
and Information Science in Borås, Sweden; *Prof. Yishan Wu* , Institute of
Scientific and Technical Information of China (ISTIC), China.
* An observer (i.e., those panel members who did not strictly meet the
criteria for the panel selection and terms of participation.)

*Harvest.* The study was presented at the ASIST (American Society for
Information Science & Technology) 2005 Annual
Meeting<http://www.ils.unc.edu/asist2005/wiki/index.php?title=Knowledge_Map_of_Information_Science:_A_Report_on_a_Delphi_Study>,
and at the Ninth ISKO <http://isko.univie.ac.at/cms2/index.php>(International
Society for Knowledge Organization) Conference in Vienna, 2006.

Four articles resulted from the study:
1. Zins, C., (2007).Conceptual approaches for defining "Data",
"Information", and "Knowledge".
<http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/114083668/ABSTRACT>
*Journal of the American Society for Information Science (JASIST *), 58 (4).
pp. 479-493<http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/114083668/ABSTRACT>
.
2. Zins, C., (2007). Conceptions of Information Science
<http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/114030860/ABSTRACT>
*Journal of the American Society for Information Science (JASIST*), 58 (3),
pp. 335-350<http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/114030860/ABSTRACT>
.
3.  Zins, C., (2007). Classification Schemes of Information Science: 28
Scholars Map the Field
<http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/114111358/ABSTRACT>
*Journal of the American Society for Information Science (JASIST*), 58
<http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/114111358/ABSTRACT>.
4. Zins, C., (2007) Knowledge Map of Information Science. *Journal of the
American Society for Information Science (JASIST*), 58 (4), pp.
526-535<http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/114071693/ABSTRACT>.
**
*Website & Forum.* The following
*website*<http://www.success.co.il/is/index.html> summarizes
the findings of the study. You are invited to visit the
*website*<http://www.success.co.il/is/index.html>,
refer your students and colleagues, and participate in *an academic
discussion (Forum)* <http://www.success.co.il/is/forum.html> on the
theoretical foundations of the field.
**
*Knowledge 2007.* On this occasion I invite you to visit 2 other R&D
projects:

*Knowledge 2007: Map of Human
Knowledge<http://www.success.co.il/knowledge/index.html>
*
http://www.success.co.il/knowledge/index.html

Currently, the most updated version of the map can be found in
*Knowledge 2007: Encyclopedic Portal to
Wikipedia<http://www.success.co.il/knowledge/encyclopedia/index.html>
*
http://www.success.co.il/knowledge/encyclopedia/index.html

 *Looking forward to your response.*

With kind regards,
Mit freundlichen Gruessen,
Sincères salutations,

Chaim Zins

-- 
Chaim Zins, PhD.
Knowledge Mapping Research
26 Hahaganah St, Jerusalem 97852, Israel;
Tel/Fax: 972-2-5816705
Email: chaim.zins at gmail.com
Homepage: www.success.co.il
Knowledge 2006: Map of Human Knowledge
( http://www.success.co.il/knowledge/index.html )

-- 
Chaim Zins, PhD.
Knowledge Mapping Research
26 Hahaganah St, Jerusalem 97852, Israel;
Tel/Fax: 972-2-5816705
Email: chaim.zins at gmail.com
Homepage: www.success.co.il
Knowledge 2006: Map of Human Knowledge
(http://www.success.co.il/knowledge/index.html)
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