TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose The purpose of this paper is to re-examine the proposal that Luciano Floridi’s philosphy of information (PI) may be an appropriate conceptual foundation for the discipline of library and information science (LIS).Design/methodology/approach A selective literature review and analysis are carried out.Findings It is concluded that LIS is in need of a new conceptual framework, and that PI is appropriate for this purpose.Originality/value Floridi proposed a close relationship between PI and LIS more than a decade ago. Although various authors have addressed the aspects of this relationship since then, this is the first proposal from an LIS perspective that PI be adopted as a basis for LIS.
VL  - 74
IS  - 1
SN  - 0022-0418
DO  - 10.1108/JD-07-2017-0096
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-07-2017-0096
AU  - Bawden David
AU  - Robinson Lyn
PY  - 2018
Y1  - 2018/01/01
TI  - Curating the infosphere: Luciano Floridi’s Philosophy of Information as the foundation for library and information science
T2  - Journal of Documentation
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 2
EP  - 17
Y2  - 2024/04/23
ER  -