Introduction to Documentation Studies

by Niels Lund

Overview

Documentation has always been crucial in human society. Today almost all communication are being stored digitally. In order to deal systematically and coherently with old and new media in the world today, you have to deal with the physical as well as the social and cultural context. Alongside this, there is now increasing interest in documentation theory and science, and documentation studies has become a distinctly lively field of research as well as a basis for professional practice in libraries, archives and museums.

This groundbreaking new book introduces and demonstrates the value and relevance of a new approach to the documentation, communication and information field, complementary to the traditional library, information and archival sciences. It offers an introduction to documentation studies; a new discipline within the overall information studies umbrella - and gives a broad and general theory for documentation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781783301898
Publisher:	Facet Publishing
Publication date:	01/25/2024
Series:	Foundations of the Information Sciences
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Niels Windfeld Lund became the first employee and full professor in Documentation Studies at the Department of Documentation Studies, University of Troms, Norway.

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Introduction to Documentation Studies

Editorial Reviews

"A timely and important contribution to a flourishing scholarly field, Lund’s book on documentation theory aspires to offer a unifying approach to human communication and documentation. Building on key figures in communication and information theory, and elaborating on established concepts in the field as well as adjacent disciplines and traditions, he develops a theory and a model of documentation analysis which has the potential to synthesize the many diverse approaches found in existing theories of documentation and communication. It is historically informed, theoretically solid, and well done—a joy to read." 
— Professor Anne Mangen, Norwegian Reading Centre, University of Stavanger, Norway 

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