How do you solve a problem like Michael?
ISSN: 0022-0418
Article publication date: 26 June 2023
Issue publication date: 24 April 2024
Abstract
Purpose
Celebrate Michael Buckland's impressive legacy to LIS by showing his humanity, generosity and versatility.
Design/methodology/approach
This article is walk through a scientific career in LIS. Through personal anecdotes and life history and building upon Michael Buckland's legacy, it summarises the author’s own work seen through the prism of her interactions with Buckland, leading to scholarly contributions articulating significant statements about the field of LIS as well as pointers to past relevant publications.
Findings
Michael Buckland has a unique way of putting an end to thorny LIS issues as well as being a documentator extraordinaire.
Originality/value
It is a personal account, as such cannot be evaluated through the classical norms of empirical research as there is no ground truth. This account shows how chance encounters with fellow scholars can have a lasting influence on one's academic career as well as wider impact in a field.
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Acknowledgements
Corrigendum: It has come to the attention of the publisher of the Journal of Documentation that the following article by Ibekwe, F. (2023), “How do you solve a problem like Michael?”, Journal of Documentation, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-02-2023-0029, incorrectly referenced an article listed as Chen, C., Ibekwe-SanJuan, F. and Hou, J. (2010), “The structure and dynamics of Co-citation clusters: a multiple-perspective Co-citation analysis”, Journal of the American Society for Information Science & Technology, Vol. 61 No. 7, pp. 1386-1409; the correct reference is Chen, C., Ibekwe-SanJuan, F. and Hou, J. (2010), “The structure and dynamics of Co-citation clusters: a multiple-perspective Co-citation analysis”, available at: https://arxiv.org/abs/1002.1985.
The authors sincerely apologise to the readers for any inconvenience caused.
Citation
Ibekwe, F. (2024), "How do you solve a problem like Michael?", Journal of Documentation, Vol. 80 No. 3, pp. 682-695. https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-02-2023-0029
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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