Post written by David Bawden and Lyn Robinson And little he knew of the things that ink may do, how it can mark a dead man’sthoughts for the wonder of later years, and tell of happenings that are gone clearaway, and be a voice for us out of the dark of time, and save many… Continue reading A voice out of the dark of time; the once and future LIS discipline
Tag: Philosophy of Information
The continuing influence of Mark Burgin
In a previous post, I mentioned the death of Mark Burgin, theorist of Information, noting his many contributions to 'gap bridging' between the concept of information in different domains. Those interested in Burgin's ideas may like to know that the publishers MDPI have issued a set of Burgin's open access papers in their journals (Information, Entropy, Philosophies, Big… Continue reading The continuing influence of Mark Burgin
Supporting truth and promoting understanding: knowledge organization and the curation of the infosphere
This is an updated text of a keynote address given at the Fifteenth International ISKO Conference, Porto, 9th July 2018. A brief account of the conference is given in an earlier blog post. Supporting truth and promoting understanding: knowledge organization and the curation of the infosphere David Bawden and Lyn Robinson Abstract This paper considers… Continue reading Supporting truth and promoting understanding: knowledge organization and the curation of the infosphere
The Occasional Informationist 