The Art and Science of Libraries, Librarianship, Information, and Knowledge: Future Directions in Uncertain Times
Resource type
Book chapter
Creator (person)
Jolly, Liz
Date published
2025
Abstract
This entry reviews the Encyclopaedia of Libraries, Librarianship and Information Science (ELLIS) as a whole and considers its themes in the context of paradigms and paradigm shifts in scientific thinking across time. Library and Information Science has been considered a field of studies, an interconnection between two fields of study and a discipline in its own right. If the latter perspective is taken and LIS is taken to be a scientific discipline then it can undergo paradigm shifts. In defining a paradigm, the entry describes the traditional approach of libraries and information science (‘previous certainties’) as a singular paradigm and considers if the current global issues in this field as articulated in ELLIS contribute to a paradigm shift already underway. The entry concludes by discussing the mission of libraries to improve society by facilitating and advocating for knowledge creation in communities.
Book title
Encyclopedia of Libraries, Librarianship, and Information Science
Editor
Baker, David
Ellis, Lucy
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Rights statement
In Copyright
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Reccomended Citation: Jolly, Liz (2024) The Art and Science of Libraries, Librarianship, Information, and Knowledge: Future Directions in Uncertain Times. In: Baker, David and Ellis, Lucy (eds.) Encyclopedia of Libraries, Librarianship, and Information Science, vol. 1, pp. 1-5