A NOVICE ON ‘DOCUMENTATION’

Abstract

I must confess that the word ‘documentation’ has always terrified me, and as a lover of the English language I wish a less formidable word could be found for this valuable, indeed vital, activity. Documentation, to a novice like myself, spells fust and must; dreary, bewhiskered old fossils; men whose souls are made of the parchment they handle. That this is not true I know from my contacts with members of Aslib, but I am quite sure the word frightens off many people who have not had that advantage.

Citation

SIMONS, E.N. (1947), "A NOVICE ON ‘DOCUMENTATION’", Journal of Documentation, Vol. 2 No. 4, pp. 238-241. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb026098