2014/10/07 by Melanie Benson Marshall, Peter Willett · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Computer Science · Social Sciences · #Computer science #Digital and Traditional Archives Management #Informatics #Information Retrieval and Search Behavior #Information management #Information science #Knowledge management #Library Science and Information Literacy #Library science #Originality #Political science #Qualitative research #Social science #Sociology #Value (mathematics)
paper · doi:10.1108/jd-03-2013-0040
openalex publication_date 2014/10/07 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/26
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe the historical development of library and information science (LIS) teaching and research in the University of Sheffield's Information School since its founding in 1963. Design/methodology/approach – The history is based on published materials, unpublished school records, and semi-structured interviews with 19 current or ex-members of staff. Findings – The School has grown steadily over its first half-century, extending the range of its teaching from conventional programmes in librarianship and information science to include cognate programmes in areas such as health informatics, information systems and multi-lingual information management. Originality/value – There are very few published accounts of the history of LIS departments.