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Andersen, J.: Social change, modernity and bibliography : bibliography as a document and a genre in the global learning society (2006) 0.02
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Abstract

In this paper, the role of bibliography in the global learning society is examined. Through an analysis of issues characterizing modernity and globalization, an understanding of bibliography located in light of these issues. I argue that by considering bibliography as a document performing a particular communicative activity with a particular purpose and as a genre that both creates particular expectations as to how to use a bibliography and how to recognize a given bibliographical activity, bibliography as a form of knowledge organization may be able to deal with the effects of modernity on social and cultural communication. I conclude that these ways of understanding bibliographical activity may provide means as to how understand and situate the role of bibliography in the global learning society.
Andersen, J.: Knowledge organization as a cultural form : from knowledge organization to knowledge design (2008) 0.02
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By drawing on Lev Manovich's argument about the database as a cultural form, I argue in this paper that knowledge organization consequently may be considered a cultural form. I use Manovich's argument to locate an understanding of knowledge organization activity in light of new media. Knowledge organization is not an appendage but rather a prime communication and production form of new media, turning knowledge organization into knowledge design. This implies moreover that knowledge organization is not only an activity ensuring storage and retrieval but is also media design as well. The theoretical consequence of this is to engage in 'info-aesthetics'.
Andersen, J.: Where is the information critic : the modern librarian? (2005) 0.01
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Abstract

Literary critics are reviewing and critiquing works of fiction. But where, one may ask, are the critics of the functionality and legitimacy of knowledge organization systems? That is, for instance, bibliographies, classification systems, thesauri, encyclopedias or search engines - all systems that mediate culture. In this paper I will argue for a conception of the librarian as an information critic. Starting with a critique of the lack of an information critic, I shall next pinpoint what such an information critic ought to look like, why it is needed and how the modern librarian may fulfill this task. Librarians, and librarianship in general, have always had a paradoxical self-understanding. On the one hand, they have seen themselves as promoters of, for instance, democracy, free access to information, civil courage and literacy. On the other hand, librarians have usually portrayed themselves as neutral agents in social and cultural communication. That is, librarians claim they make a difference but are neutral with regard to how this difference is to be understood. The lack of active and critical librarians implies that they cannot be seen as advocates of democracy because democracy as a historical category demands constant analysis and critique in order to be evolving and stable.