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Advances in Classification Research Online, 2000

Studies in Information, 2015

Journal of Documentation, Mar 5, 2009

In 1971 UNISIST proposed a model for scientific and technical communication. This model has been ... more In 1971 UNISIST proposed a model for scientific and technical communication. This model has been widely cited and additional models have been added to the literature. There is a need to bring this model to the focus of information science (IS) research as well as to update and revise it. There are both empirical and theoretical reasons for this need. On the empirical side much has happened in the developments of electronic communication that needs to be considered. From a theoretical point of view the domain-analytic view has proposed that differences between different disciplines and domains should be emphasised. The original model only considered scientific and technical communication as a whole. There is a need both to compare with the humanities and social sciences and to regard internal differences in the sciences. There are also other reasons to reconsider and modify this model today. Offers not only a descriptive model, but also a theoretical perspective from which informatio...

Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2008

Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2003

iConference 2014 Proceedings, 2014

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 2015

ABSTRACT In this article we argue for how a genre-theoretical approach to information history can... more ABSTRACT In this article we argue for how a genre-theoretical approach to information history can contribute to our understanding of what has historically been conceived of as information, what sort of networks and activities triggered the production and use of information, and what forms information was presented and communicated in. Through 2 case studies we show how information and the genres used for communicating that information was perceived and used by the relevant agents involved with the genres. Based on the case studies, we conclude by discussing how the fields of information history and rhetorical genre theory can inform each other.