Meaning and Method in Information Studies - Couverture rigide

Cornelius, Ian

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 156750227X ISBN 13 : 9781567502275

Editeur : Praeger Publishers Inc, 1996

Synopsis

. . . frustrated philosophers everywhere-especially epistemologists-will enjoy this work. It is written by someone who appreciates the occasional nuances afforded by languages other than English. Moreover, it has a handy list of references, a serviceable back-of-the-book index, and an author index that is a veritable Who's Who of people who, like the author, have committed monography in their quest for a better understanding of our field. - Library and Information Science Research The focus of this volume is on the creation of meaning in the practice of library and information studies, and the need for an overall view and methodology of what the field is, how it develops, and how we identify our place within it when it is changing so rapidly. Succeeding versions of what the field is and what its practitioners do have left us unsure of where legitimacy lies- and how our own future can be reconciled to prevailing trends and impending changes. At the same time, there has been a movement to get away from positivist, or scientific, models of research practice. This book argues that those models should be rejected because they take no account of how human science's work or how people in service professions construct theory.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Praeger Publishers Inc
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 156750227X
• ISBN 13: 9781567502275
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 1
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible