The export of ideas from information science
- 1 December 1990
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Information Science
- Vol. 16 (6) , 381-391
- https://doi.org/10.1177/016555159001600606
Abstract
An economic analogy is used to explore the contributions made by information scientists to other disciplines. The study analyses the major classes of ideas exported by SLX grandees within the field. The limitations of the methodology are dis cussed and questions for further research identified.Keywords
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