Knowledge and Knowing in Library and Information Science: A Philosophical Framework (review)

Abstract

The intellectual history of library and information (LIS) is long and complex (and in some important ways, mirrors that of the social sciences generally.) Philosophy and practice in modern science established a way of thinking that has been, and remains influential in LIS. That way of thinking has been addressed and reinforced throughout the last four centuries. "Knowledge and Knowing in Library and Information Science" critiques those ways of thinking, presents an intellectual history demonstrating how present thought and practice in library and information science and information reached its present state, and also proposes a conceptual framework to guide future thinking and action.