E-mail Address: dbawden at soi.city.ac.uk
Author(s): Bawden, D (Bawden, David)
Title: Smoother pebbles and the shoulders of giants: the developing
foundations of information science
Source: JOURNAL OF INFORMATION SCIENCE, 34 (4): 415-426 AUG 2008
Language: English
Document Type: Article
Author Keywords: education; information history; information science;
information professions; Journal of Information Science
Keywords Plus: QUANTITATIVE ASPECTS; EDUCATION; KNOWLEDGE; COMMUNICATION;
PERSPECTIVE; CURRICULUM; PARADIGM; LIBRARY; FUTURE; POPPER
Abstract: Some developments in the information science discipline over a
period of 30 years are discussed, by selecting topics covered in the early
issues of Journal of Information Science, and tracing their influence on
subsequent developments, largely though by no means exclusively through
JIS papers. Five main themes are covered: the information discipline per
se; the foundations of that discipline; the nature of information;
relations between discipline and profession; and education for information
science. The continuing resonance of the writings of Farradane and Brookes
is noted.
Addresses: City Univ London, Dept Informat Sci, London EC1V 0HB, England
Reprint Address: Bawden, D, City Univ London, Dept Informat Sci, London
EC1V 0HB, England.
Cited Reference Count: 77
Times Cited: 0
Publisher: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
Publisher Address: 1 OLIVERS YARD, 55 CITY ROAD, LONDON EC1Y 1SP, ENGLAND
ISSN: 0165-5515
DOI: 10.1177/0165551508089717
29-char Source Abbrev.: J INFORM SCI
ISO Source Abbrev.: J. Inf. Sci.
Source Item Page Count: 12
Subject Category: Computer Science, Information Systems; Information
Science & Library Science
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