Open AccessThe death of the user. Sponsored by SIG HFIS, CRIT
Author(s) -
Rosenbaum Howard,
Davenport Elisabeth,
Lievrouw Leah A.,
Day Ronald E.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
proceedings of the american society for information science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1550-8390
pISSN - 0044-7870
DOI - 10.1002/meet.1450400153
Subject(s) - agency (philosophy) , computer science , knowledge management , data science , sociology , social science
This panel critically investigates the theoretical and practical issues involved with the wellestablished concept of “the user” in Library and Information Science. It suggests that digital information and communication technologies and systems are theoretically and practically undermining this concept, a concept that was already weak in its ability to fully account for agency in many events of information and knowledge.