Document Type
Article
Date
1-2018
Keywords
design, librarianship, library science, epistemology
Language
English
Disciplines
Library and Information Science
Description/Abstract
The design of information tools and services is an integral component of librarianship, yet American librarianship has self-identified as a social science for more than 100 years. This paper suggests an alternative epistemological perspective to the scientific tradition in librarianship: design epistemology. The paper discusses key elements that comprise design epistemology and presents examples of manifestations of these elements in librarianship. Analysis reveals that librarianship has much in common with design epistemology, yet the field lacks explicit acknowledgement of design as a fundamental epistemological framework. The paper concludes with a call for reconceptualizing librarianship as a design discipline.
ISSN
0024-2519
Recommended Citation
Clarke, Rachel I., "Toward a Design Epistemology for Librarianship" (2018). School of Information Studies - Faculty Scholarship. 175.
https://surface.syr.edu/istpub/175
Source
submission
Creative Commons License
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