Saracevic

It was really fun to see LIS crossing into cognitive science, since I majored in philosophy of mind. I hope we’ll see more of that. I enjoyed the “information science looks like Australia” analogy, but didn’t follow the examples behind it. I generally followed the idea that information science has a Basic cluster (about the nature and structure of information), an Applied cluster (about information use, interaction, and retrieval), and a gulf between. But when Saracevic gave a list to illustrate the Basic cluster, it seemed to me to include things that involved information process: “communication in various populations”, “information uses”, “information seeking behavior”, and the like. So now I’m less sure that I really understand the distinction Saracevic is making.