Introduction to Documentation Studies

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Introduction to Documentation Studies

About the author

Niels Windfeld Lund born 1949 in Copenhagen, Denmark, became the first employee and full professor in Documentation Studies, University of Tromsø, Norway, in 1996 and was responsible for the initial development of Documentation Studies. From 1975 till 1988 Dr. Lund was associate professor at the Royal School of Library and Information Science in Denmark. Professor Lund has been Visiting Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, (2001 / 2005-06). In 2001 prof. Lund founded The Document Academy, an international network for documentation studies organizing annual DOCAM conferences. Lund has mainly done research on libraries, general document theory and documents in health care and the arts. In 2014, prof. Lund retired, but is still active as professor emeritus.

Summary

This unique text outlines the main scientific purpose and objective of the science of documentation and also describes the main skills for a documentalist in the 21st century.

Product details

• Authors: Niels Lund, Lund Niels Windfeld
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 31.12.2022
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Book trade, library system
• EAN: 9781783301898
• ISBN: 978-1-78330-189-8
• Pages: 256
• Dimensions (packing): 15.6 x 23.4 x 1.1 cm
• Series: Foundations of the Information Sciences; Foundations of the Information Sciences; Introduction to
• Subjects: Knowledge Organisation, Library & information services, Library and information services, museum informatics, information behaviour, digital records management, sociocultural context, media preservation, systematic documentation theory