Open AccessTomato Tomahto: European Perspectives on Information Science
Author(s) -
Warner Julian,
IbekweSanJuan Fidelia,
Peters Isabella,
Lund Niels Windfeld,
Buckland Michael
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
bulletin of the association for information science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2373-9223
DOI - 10.1002/bul2.2017.1720430315
Subject(s) - library science , coining (mint) , terminology , information science , documentation , european commission , european studies , political science , sociology , social science , european union , regional science , history , european integration , computer science , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology , business , programming language , economic policy
EDITOR'S SUMMARY During a panel at the ASIS&T 2016 Annual Meeting in Copenhagen, attendees discussed European perspectives on the world of information science. The presentations and discussions took European contributions and views on information science and contrasted them with those of the United States. Niels Lund discussed the Nordic Library and Information Science (LIS) and the impact LIS had on education in Denmark starting in the 1980s. Julian Warner talked about the invention of the telegraph and differing opinions on intellectual property in databases between the United States and Europe. Fidelia Ibekwe‐SanJuan highlighted the development of information science in continental Europe and talked about coining terminology to better unify information standards across Europe. Michael Buckland discussed the history of documentation and neo‐documentalism and the European influences in that field. Isabella Peters closed the presentations with a sample of opinions on information science from the European Chapter of ASIS&T.