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Peer reviewedLandry, B. C.; And Others – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1973
A number of basic terms have been selected as the starting point for a project of defining terms which are important in communicating about computer and information science. (14 references) (Author/SJ)
Descriptors: Computer Science, Definitions, Information Science
Peer reviewedSaracevic, Tefko – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1999
Presents personal analysis of information science as a field of scientific inquiry and professional practice that has evolved over the past half-century. Examines origin of information science in respect to problems of the information explosion, social role of field, nature of "information," structure of field in terms of problems addressed,…
Descriptors: Computer Science, Information Industry, Information Retrieval, Information Science
Peer reviewedBelzer, Jack; And Others – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1975
Compared with 1968, trends in the educational system in information science in 1972 indicate a curriculum shift from traditional librarianship to an emphasis on computerization and automation. (Author/PF)
Descriptors: Computer Science, Information Science, Library Automation, Library Education
Peer reviewedSpasser, Mark A. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1999
A new approach to information science, activity theory emphasizes the centrality of practice as doing and activity and foregrounds setting and context as essential orienting concepts. It can provide information science with a rich, unifying, and heuristically valuable vocabulary and conceptual framework that will facilitate the continual…
Descriptors: Computer Science, Development, Information Science, Information Theory
Peer reviewedSummers, Ron; Oppenheim, Charles; Meadows, Jack; McKnight, Cliff; Kinnell, Margaret – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1999
Presents issues relating to the future direction of information science. Investigates the history and scientific basis of information science. Discusses the change from its genesis as an academic discipline in the 1950s to its practitioner base in the 1990s. Concludes that information science will make a significant contribution to other…
Descriptors: Change, Computer Science, Development, Futures (of Society)
Peer reviewedBurnett, Kathleen; Ng, Kwong Bor; Park, Soyeon – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1999
Describes different conceptual foundations and orientations of the two major approaches to metadata: bibliographic-control approach (origins and major proponents in library science); and data-management approach (origins and major proponents in computer science). Examination of efforts to establish metadata standards and comparison of different…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Cataloging, Comparative Analysis, Computer Science
Peer reviewedHerring, Susan Davis – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1999
Examines whether search engine design shows a pattern of interdisciplinarity focusing on two disciplines: computer science and library/information science. A citation analysis measured levels of interdisciplinary research and publishing in search engine design and development. Results show a higher level of interdisciplinarity among library and…
Descriptors: Citation Analysis, Computer Science, Computer System Design, Electronic Publishing
