Fondements épistémologiques et théoriques de la science de l’information-documentation

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L’édition de 2017 est voulue comme un hommage rendu aux visionnaires et théoriciens francophones des Sciences de l’information tels que Paul Otlet, Suzanne Briet, Jean-Claude Gardin, Eric de Grolier, Jean Meyriat, Robert Escarpit, Robert Pagès, Madeleine Wolff-Terroine, Jacques Maniez, Jacques Chaumier et George Van Slype. Chacun de ces auteurs francophones a apporté sa pierre à l’édifice des Sciences de l’information dans l’espace francophone mais bien au-delà Paul Otlet, belge, internationaliste, pacifiste visionnaire, fondateur du Mundaneum, est reconnu comme le père de la documentation moderne et comme innovateur passionné – en architecture, en urbanisme, en documentation, en bibliographie et en muséologie...

Since its creation in 1996, the French chapter of ISKO has been grappling with knowledge organization issues. This topic has been dealt with from different angles: knowledge organization structures, tools for mediation, forms and mechanisms for knowledge disseminating and sharing. Around 60 years ago, an academic discipline called Information Science or Library and Information Science was born across the Atlantic. How has it gradually become acclimatized to the intellectual and professional world of the Francophone researchers and practitioners, their modes of thought and their institutions? What has been the contribution of these specialists and researchers to the theoretical debates and practices stemming from the ongoing development of this science?