Two false dogmas of information science

Abstract

Announces and discusses two false beliefs about information science: that there is a distinct discipline of information science; and that librarians need to study it. Finds several definitions of information science to be defective in the sense of what a definition ought to be. Shows that information science is no more than a gathering of findings from communication, computer science and librarianship ‐ it is not interdisciplinary, since it uses only products of the other fields, not their principles and methods. Concludes that library study requires only a knowledge of computer products that will enhance library service, and that information subjects are a distraction from fundamentals.

Citation

Marco, G.A. (1996), "Two false dogmas of information science", New Library World, Vol. 97 No. 7, pp. 11-14. https://doi.org/10.1108/03074809610148766