European origins of library and information science

Previous books on the history of Library and Information Science (LIS) have focused on single countries, particularly English speaking ones. Although some books have been written about the emergence of LIS in non-Anglophone European countries, they were published in languages other than English, whi...

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Main Author Ibekwe, Fidelia (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019.
SeriesStudies in information ; volume 13
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781787567177
9781787567191
ISSN2055-5377 ;
DOI10.1108/S2055-5377201913
Physical Description1 online resource (xv, 201 pages).

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Table of Contents:
  • Prelims
  • Scope and aims of the book
  • Emergence of LIS in France: a tale of academic cohabitation and of memory loss
  • Emergence of LIS in Yugoslavia: Božo Težak's information super-structures
  • Emergence of LIS in three Scandinavian Countries: a tale of Nordic competition and cooperation
  • Emergence of LIS in Spain and Portugal under Francophone influence
  • In search of an identity and the object of a discipline
  • Conclusion
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix
  • References
  • Index.