The term ‘informationist’ has a long history of being not quite accepted. At present, it seems to have been hi-jacked by healthcare librarians, to imply someone working in that area who has a good understanding of, and perhaps even a qualification in, relevant clinical specialities; a pretty specific instance of an ‘information scientist in context’. This is not exactly a new usage; I can remember, quite a lot of years ago, being asked at a job interview if I considered myself to be ‘an information scientist’ or ‘a scientific informationist’. The term has also been used to imply someone who is a scholar of information, while not necessarily a scientist. So it seems a slippery enough term to cover anything that may appear on this blog.
Occasional ? There are few things sadder than a blog which promises at the outset to have frequent and regular postings, and then fades away into infrequent sputters. So let’s be modest and realistic from the outset.
The Occasional Informationist 