Information Science and Its Relation to Other Areas of Knowledge

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Author(s): José Poças Rascão (Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal, Portugal)
Copyright: 2018
Pages: 26
Source title: Handbook of Research on Knowledge Management for Contemporary Business Environments
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Armando Malheiro (University of Porto, Portugal), Fernanda Ribeiro (University of Porto, Portugal), George Leal Jamil (Fumec University, Brazil), Jose Pocas Rascao (Polytechnic of Setubal, Portugal)and Oscar Mealha (University of Aveiro, Portugal)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-3725-0.ch010

Keywords: Business and Organizational Research / Business Science Reference / Knowledge Management / Library & Information Science

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The purpose of this chapter is to contribute to a better understanding of the relationship between information science and other areas of knowledge based on the aggregation of existing literature. It is a descriptive study, with the goal of identifying and characterizing the relationship among different areas of expertise. The structure of the chapter summarizes the existing academic work, seeking to generate new knowledge. The results can be used to integrate the relationship of the different areas of knowledge. The chapter seeks to first identify apparent relationships and then focuses in more detail on some of them. It concludes with the implications for future research.

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