Document (#18474)

Author

Day, R.

Title

LIS, method, and postmodern science

Source

Journal of education for library and information science. 37(1996) no.4, S.317-324

Year

1996

Abstract

Discusses the scientific method and difficulty facing library and information science (LIS) in trying to be a modern science. However, argues that the epistemological crisis in modern science during the last 30 years, however, gives LIS a central role to play in postmodern science

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