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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
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2002
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ656190 |
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Table of Contents:
- Toward a Critical Theoretic Perspective in Information Systems. Benoit, Gerald Information Science Information Systems Interaction Library Research Philosophy Users (Information) Considers the logico-analytic philosophy of library and information science (LIS); discusses Jurgen Habermas' theory of communicative action; examines how LIS, particularly research into librarian-patron interaction and information system design, favors an empiricist view of language and thus may be limiting its effectiveness; and suggests the inclusion of communicative action to expand the field. (Contain 77 references.) (Author/LRW)