Meaning and method in information studies
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Meaning and method in information studies
(Information management, policy, and services / Charles R. McClure and Peter Hernon, editors)
Ablex Pub., c1996
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University of Tsukuba Library, Library on Library and Information Science
: pbk.007.1:C-88981003940
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Bibliography: p.217-224
Includes indexes
Description and Table of Contents
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Description
. . . frustrated philosophers everywhere-especially epistemologists-will enjoy this work. It is written by someone who appreciates the occasional nuances afforded by languages other than English. Moreover, it has a handy list of references, a serviceable back-of-the-book index, and an author index that is a veritable Who's Who of people who, like the author, have committed monography in their quest for a better understanding of our field. - Library and Information Science Research The focus of this volume is on the creation of meaning in the practice of library and information studies, and the need for an overall view and methodology of what the field is, how it develops, and how we identify our place within it when it is changing so rapidly. Succeeding versions of what the field is and what its practitioners do have left us unsure of where legitimacy lies- and how our own future can be reconciled to prevailing trends and impending changes. At the same time, there has been a movement to get away from positivist, or scientific, models of research practice. This book argues that those models should be rejected because they take no account of how human science's work or how people in service professions construct theory.
Table of Contents
PART I: INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND Introduction The Art of Interpretation. Interpretation in Politics and Law The Context of Meaning and the Concept of the Information Culture PART II: PREPARATIONS AND OBJECTIONS Interpretation in Library and Information Studies Objections to the Interpretive Position. Practice and Theories PART III: Conceptions of Information Studies Bibliography Information Science Information Management Summary and Conclusion References Author Index Subject Index
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: pbk ISBN 9781567502282
Description
. . . frustrated philosophers everywhere-especially epistemologists-will enjoy this work. It is written by someone who appreciates the occasional nuances afforded by languages other than English. Moreover, it has a handy list of references, a serviceable back-of-the-book index, and an author index that is a veritable Who's Who of people who, like the author, have committed monography in their quest for a better understanding of our field. - Library and Information Science Research The focus of this volume is on the creation of meaning in the practice of library and information studies, and the need for an overall view and methodology of what the field is, how it develops, and how we identify our place within it when it is changing so rapidly. Succeeding versions of what the field is and what its practitioners do have left us unsure of where legitimacy lies- and how our own future can be reconciled to prevailing trends and impending changes. At the same time, there has been a movement to get away from positivist, or scientific, models of research practice. This book argues that those models should be rejected because they take no account of how human science's work or how people in service professions construct theory.
Table of Contents
PART I: INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND
Introduction
The Art of Interpretation. Interpretation in Politics and Law
The Context of Meaning and the Concept of the Information Culture
PART II: PREPARATIONS AND OBJECTIONS
Interpretation in Library and Information Studies
Objections to the Interpretive Position. Practice and Theories
PART III: Conceptions of Information Studies
Bibliography
Information Science
Information Management
Summary and Conclusion
References
Author Index
Subject Index
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