A proto-paradigm for information science research

IF 0.7 4区 管理学 Q3 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE Information Research-An International Electronic Journal Pub Date : 2022-10-25 DOI:10.47989/colis2201
M. Bates
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The lack of a commonly accepted research paradigm for information science has been noted in the field and is the focus of this paper based on a plenary speech given at the Conceptions of Library and Information Science (CoLIS) conference in Oslo on May 30, 2022. The paper revisits the originating definition of the field in the 1960’s, with particular attention to the requirements for an adequate definition and understanding of the core concept of information. Starting with the author’s definition of information, aspects of a proto-paradigm are developed in some detail, including a range of ancillary concepts that describe information of certain types and in certain contexts. Information in both living and non-living contexts is discussed and embedded in the same framework, so as to cover all manifestations of information. Research approaches in relation to human beings and information are also analysed. The paper models information through four channels and in both carbon and silicon forms. Information in relation to human beings is modelled in six frameworks—self, body, ecology, society, discourse, and documentation. Fifteen methodological and theoretical metatheories are placed in relation to the six frameworks. With the core conceptualization of information of all types and in an all contexts, coupled with the theoretical groupings of research approaches to the study of humans in relation to information, we have the interconnected initial elements of a research paradigm for information science.
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信息科学研究的原型范式
该领域已经注意到缺乏普遍接受的信息科学研究范式,这是本文的重点,本文基于2022年5月30日在奥斯陆举行的图书馆与信息科学概念(CoLIS)会议上的全体演讲。本文回顾了20世纪60年代该领域的原始定义,特别注意对信息核心概念的充分定义和理解的要求。从作者对信息的定义开始,对原型范式的各个方面进行了一些详细的开发,包括描述特定类型和特定上下文中的信息的一系列辅助概念。生活和非生活语境中的信息被讨论和嵌入在同一个框架中,从而涵盖信息的所有表现形式。还分析了与人类和信息有关的研究方法。论文通过碳和硅两种形式的四种通道对信息进行建模。与人类相关的信息在自我、身体、生态、社会、话语和文献六个框架中建模。十五种方法和理论元理论与六个框架有关。有了所有类型和所有背景下的信息的核心概念化,再加上研究人类与信息关系的研究方法的理论分组,我们就有了信息科学研究范式的相互关联的初始元素。
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Information Research-An International Electronic Journal
Information Research-An International Electronic Journal INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE-
CiteScore
1.20
自引率
12.50%
发文量
62
审稿时长
45 weeks
期刊介绍: Information Research, is an open access, international, peer-reviewed, scholarly journal, dedicated to making accessible the results of research across a wide range of information-related disciplines. It is published by the University of Borås, Sweden, with the financial support of an NOP-HS Scientific Journal Grant. It is edited by Professor T.D. Wilson, and is hosted, and given technical support, by Lund University Libraries, Sweden.
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