Documentalist
Encyclopedia
Documentalist is a kind of librarian
, trained in documentation science
and specializing in assisting researchers in their search for scientific and technical documentation. With the development of bibliographical databases such as MEDLINE, documentalists were professionals who searched such databases on the behalf of users.
When the field of documentation changed its name to information science
, the terms information specialist or information professional
often replaced the term documentalist.
Librarian
A librarian is an information professional trained in library and information science, which is the organization and management of information services or materials for those with information needs...
, trained in documentation science
Documentation science
-Introduction:Documentation science, documentation studies or just documentation is a field of study and a profession founded by Paul Otlet and Henri La Fontaine . Professionals educated in this field are termed documentalists...
and specializing in assisting researchers in their search for scientific and technical documentation. With the development of bibliographical databases such as MEDLINE, documentalists were professionals who searched such databases on the behalf of users.
When the field of documentation changed its name to information science
Information science
-Introduction:Information science is an interdisciplinary science primarily concerned with the analysis, collection, classification, manipulation, storage, retrieval and dissemination of information...
, the terms information specialist or information professional
Information professional
An information professional is an individual who preserves, organizes, and disseminates information. Information professionals are skilled in the organization and retrieval of recorded knowledge. Traditionally, their work has been with print materials, but these skills are being increasingly used...
often replaced the term documentalist.
See also
- ArchivistArchivistAn archivist is a professional who assesses, collects, organizes, preserves, maintains control over, and provides access to information determined to have long-term value. The information maintained by an archivist can be any form of media...
- Information scientistInformation scientistThe term information scientist developed in the latter part of the twentieth century to describe an individual, usually with a relevant subject degree or high level of subject knowledge, providing focused information to scientific and technical research staff in industry, a role quite distinct from...
- Information professionalInformation professionalAn information professional is an individual who preserves, organizes, and disseminates information. Information professionals are skilled in the organization and retrieval of recorded knowledge. Traditionally, their work has been with print materials, but these skills are being increasingly used...
- LibrarianLibrarianA librarian is an information professional trained in library and information science, which is the organization and management of information services or materials for those with information needs...
Literature
- Bowles, M. D. (1999). The information wars: Two cultures and the conflict in information retrieval, 1945-1999. In: M. E. Bowden, T. B. Hahn, & R. V. Williams (Eds.), Proceedings of the 1998 Conference on the History and Heritage of Science Information Systems (pp. 156–166). Medford, NJ: Information Today, Inc. for the American Society for Information Science and the Chemical Heritage Foundation. Available: http://www.chemheritage.org/explore/ASIS_documents/ASIS98_Bowles.pdf
- Meadows, A. J. (1990). Theory in information science. Journal of Information science, 16, 59–63.
- Olsson, L. (1991). Bibliotekarieyrkets framtidida status. IN: Enmark, E. (Ed.). "Biblioteken och framtiden". Göteborg: Centrum för bibliotekforskning.
- Olsson, L. (1992). I&D och profession - en fråga om teknik? Bidrag til 8:de Nordiska IoD, Helsingborg 19-21 maj, 1992. 10 sider. (I proceedings kun resumé på 1 side - manuskript udleveret på konferencen).
- Shera, J.Jesse SheraJesse Hauk Shera was an American librarian and information scientist who pioneered the use of information technology in libraries and played a role in the expansion of its use in other areas throughout the 1950s, 60s, and 70s....
(1960). School of Library Science annual report (1960–61). Cleveland, OH: Western Reserve University. - Williams, R. V. (1998). The Documentation and Special Libraries Movement in the United States, 1910-1960. IN: Hahn, T. B. & Buckland, M. (eds.): Historical Studies in Information Science. Medford, NJ: Information Today, Inc. (pp. 173–180).
External links
- LIBRARIAN VERSUS DOCUMENTALIST 1953 Article by Eugene GarfieldEugene GarfieldEugene "Gene" Garfield is an American scientist, one of the founders of bibliometrics and scientometrics. He received a PhD in Structural Linguistics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1961. Dr. Garfield was the founder of the Institute for Scientific Information , which was located in...