Title: Theories of Information Science. Co-sponsored with SIG/ED
Papers:
Thomas Froehlich, Intellectual property: An Oxymoron?
Bernd Frohmann, Cultural Studies of Information Science
Pertti Vakkari, Growth of Theory in Information Science
Brief description:
There are intermittent complaints that Information Science lacks theory. This session, the fifth annual session on theories of Information Science, provided a forum for theoretical work in Information Science. Speakers from three different countries (U.S., Canada, and Finland) examined theory relating to the conference theme, "Information Access in the Global Information Economy."