Introduction To Documentation Studies (Foundations of the Information Sciences) - Softcover

Lund, Niels Windfeld

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1783301899 ISBN 13: 9781783301898

Publisher: Facet Publishing, 2024

Synopsis

What do a composer, a writer, a painter, a historian, a political activist, and a social agency office have in common? They all create documents to communicate and inform the world, making documentation a necessity for any human interaction in society. Through six case-studies, the book shows how a complementary analysis of the intertwined processes of documentation, communication, and information in any kind of human interaction can be conducted. It demonstrates the relationships between the agents involved, the means chosen, and in which modes the resulting complexes of documents are created, regardless of the field.

The complementary analytical model and method is relevant not only for documentation, communication, and information scholars, but to a range of fields of research in humanities, social sciences and natural sciences/engineering and design.

Written by an expert in documentation, this book provides a solid theoretical and analytical framework for professionals in archives, libraries, and museums, and for all those who manage documents as part of their professional life in healthcare, transportation, education, production, and trade.

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About the Author

Niels Windfeld Lund became the first employee and full professor in Documentation Studies at the Department of Documentation Studies, University of Tromsø, Norway. Dr Lund was Associate Professor at the Royal School of Library and Information Science in Denmark and has twice been Visiting Professor at the University of California, Berkeley. In 2001 Dr Lund founded The Document Academy, an international network for Documentation studies organizing annual DOCAM conferences in North America and summer schools in Norway at the University of Tromsø. He is still active as professor emeritus, supervising graduate students and participating in research projects.

Edition details

• Publisher: Facet Publishing
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1783301899
• ISBN 13: 9781783301898
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208