Knowledge Production
Library and Information science (LIS) is concerned with knowledge production in different ways. It is concerned with its structure and growth ("information explosion"), including by means of bibliometric studies. Information science is also concerned with publication processes, forms (e.g., document typology), scattering, and other attributes (e.g. obsolescence, quality and cumulative nature).
Libraries and information services are aiming at, among other things, supporting knowledge production and the quality of knowledge production.
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Birger Hjørland
Last edited: 18-05-2006