Introduction to documentation studies : complementary studies of documentation, communication and information / Niels Windfeld Lund.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lund, Niels Windfeld, 1949- author.

Series:

Foundations of the laws of war.

Foundations of the Information Sciences Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Information science.

Information retrieval.

Knowledge management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxx, 178 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Facet, 2024.

Summary:

This book presents the first comprehensive introduction to documentation studies. It outlines the historical background of, and the theoretical foundation for a complementary approach to documentation issues and processes: not only in the context of academic study, but also in the practice of documentation in different parts of society.<br><br>What do a composer, a writer, a painter, a historian, a political activist, and a social agency office have in common? They all create documents to communicate and inform the world, making documentation a necessity for any human interaction in society. Through six case-studies, the book shows how a complementary analysis of the intertwined processes of documentation, communication, and information in any kind of human interaction can be conducted. It demonstrates the relationships between the agents involved, the means chosen and in which modes the resulting complexes of documents are created, regardless of the field.<br><br>The complementary analytical model and method is relevant not only for documentation, communication, and information scholars, but to a range of fields of research in humanities, social sciences and natural sciences/engineering and design.<br><br>Written by an expert in documentation, this book provides a solid theoretical and analytical framework for professionals in archives, libraries, and museums, and for all those who manage documents as part of their professional life in healthcare, transportation, education, production and trade.

Contents:

Intro

Title page

Contents

List of Figures

About the Author

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

PART 1 Documentation Theory

CHAPTER 1 Setting the Stage

Documentation

Communication

Information

A renaissance for a documentation perspective

Summary

CHAPTER 2 A Complementary Theory of Documentation

A general theory 'when orders are breaking'

The world of subsystems

Human practice

Orders of documentation, communication, and information

Doceo + mentum: the documentation process

The constituting elements of the complementary process

Documentation - redocumentation

Three levels of conceiving a document

CHAPTER 3 A Model for a Complementary Documentation Analysis

Diachronic analysis of documentation

Synchronic analysis of documents

A comparative analysis of documentation

Experimental analysis

PART 2 Documentation in Practice

CHAPTER 4 Music: A Requiem for Countess von Walsegg, aka Mozart's Requiem

What is a requiem?

A requiem for the countess

Mozart's Requiem: a radical breaking - a new dominant order: classical music

The 'work': autographs - copies - editions - performances

Recordings

'About' Mozart's Requiem

CHAPTER 5 Literature: 'Indian Camp' - a Short Story by Ernest Hemingway

'Indian Camp' emerges as a short story, 1923-5: a diachronic documentation analysis

'Indian Camp': a synchronic document analysis

Documents about 'Indian Camp' and 'Hemingway'

About 'Hemingway'

CHAPTER 6 Art: The Girls on the Bridge - One Title, Many Works

A complementary situation in the visual arts world subsystem

Edvard Munch: a short biography

The Girls on the Bridge: a complex analysis.

Summary

CHAPTER 7 Science: 'The Danish Revolution, 1500-1800' - a Doctoral Dissertation

Science: a subsystem

Doctor of Philosophy

'The Danish Revolution': a doctoral dissertation

Means and modes

Document and docemes

The doctoral defense: an oral document

'The Danish Revolution': a part of the historical literature

CHAPTER 8 Politics: The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, August 28, 1963

A complementary situation and a complex of subsystems

The March on Washington: a diachronic analysis

Agents

Means

Modes

Docemes of the March on Washington: a synchronic analysis

The legacy of the March on Washington

CHAPTER 9 Identity Documentation: Name and Number

Family and nation-state: two of the oldest subsystems

Personal name giving

Obtaining a social security card

PART 3 Documentation in Theory and Practice

CHAPTER 10 Documentation in a Comparative Perspective

All documents have a border: a discrete entity

All documents have a history, a name, and are part of a document complex

All documents have a structure of elements: docemes

All documents are made by somebody: the role of agents

All documents are made by some means: the role of the medium

All documents are made in some mode

All documents are complementary objects

Diversity of documents

In other words: the principle of documentation

CHAPTER 11 A Complementary Discipline of Documentation, Information, and Communication

Facing realities

A way forward: a DIC research program

Do DIC studies have a role to play as a complementary discipline?

EPILOGUE Society in a Complementary Documentation Perspective

A complementary world view.

The role of crafts and skills in the 21st century

The condition of contingency

References

Index.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 28 Mar 2024).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-78330-542-8

1-78330-253-4

OCLC:

1419062155