...Samuel Dodson; Jane Bartley Purpose This paper examines the role of documentation in the development, adoption, and stabilization of the FORTRAN programming language. It investigates how different types of documents collectively shaped FORTRAN as a sociotechnical system, enabling it to become...

...James A. Hodges Purpose This paper aims to reframe contemporary research on conspiracy narratives by examining a formative document in online conspiracy culture using bibliographic archeology and focusing on its use of intertextuality. Design/methodology/approach The study’s methodology...

...Ronald E. Day Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine Robert Pagès' 1948 conception of “auto-document” as a possible forerunner to the neo-documentalist conception of “documentality” as offered in Bernd Frohmann’s 2012 article “The Documentality of Mme Briet’s Antelope.” Design...

...Niels Windfeld Lund Purpose The purpose of the paper is to analyze how the Neo-documentalist movement, initiated in 1996 by Michael Buckland, Boyd Rayward and Niels Lund, has evolved in its 27 years history, how the choice of documentation as name of the new program in Tromsø has made a difference...

... of putting an end to thorny LIS issues as well as being a documentator extraordinaire. Originality/value It is a personal account, as such cannot be evaluated through the classical norms of empirical research as there is no ground truth. This account shows how chance encounters with fellow scholars can...

...Pamela J. McKenzie; Elisabeth Davies Purpose This article explores the varied ways that individuals create and use calendars, planners and other cognitive artifacts to document the multiple temporalities that make up their everyday lives. It reveals the hidden documentary time work required...

... 16 11 2020 29 05 2021 09 09 2021 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2021 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Ubiquitous computing The archive Archives Data qua record Temporality Data perfect tense Human-computer interaction Documents Thirty...

...Marc Richard Hugh Kosciejew As yet, there is not any specific documentary approach to or analysis of immunity passports as kinds of documentation. A documentary approach helps to illuminate and emphasize the materiality of and ontological considerations concerning the coronavirus pandemic...

... the overarching frameworks and ideas, the conceptual “hinterland”, in which the approach of studying patent references emerged. Findings The analysis explains how interest in patents – not only as legal and economic artefacts but also as scientific documents – became evident in the 1980s. The focus on patent...

...Alex C. Urban Purpose Some virtual, immersive stories are filled with documents that users must locate and interact with to experience a narrative. Exploring a new area of inquiry in the information science field, this study focuses on individuals' experiences with documents in a particular 3D...

... for information sharing – absorbing by reading, augmenting by documenting and recounting by presenting – were identified as central to the mediating role of medical records in the care of patients. Additionally, three information-sharing functions outside the immediate care of patients were identified...

... is to provide context and raise interest for the term hyperdocumentation in the context of document theory. The origin of the term is established through etymology and bibliographical research. The term is contextualized with conceptual research on the nature of documents and the construction of social...

... of the activities people perform in order to acquire, organize, maintain and retrieve information for everyday use” (Jones and Bruce, 2005 , p. 2). Such information encompasses everything from documents, e-mail and webpages to quantified-self data. In tandem, the PIM research has identified the various types...

...Marc Richard Hugh Kosciejew Additionally, the use of non-document by a high-ranking official involved in these sensitive peace talks shows that it was not some flippant term or careless comment. This term was used in an official capacity to comment upon a formal process with real-world...

...Ofer Bergman; Steve Whittaker; Yaron Frishman Purpose State-of-the-art cloud applications are problematic for collaborative document management; their current design does not encourage active personal folder categorization. Cloud applications such as Google Drive and Microsoft’s OneDrive store...

.... They represent different levels with different kinds of emergent properties in the world. Further, although the concepts of artifacts and mentefacts are useful, there are other terms within LIS, such as document, work and object that have been influential and should be discussed in this context. It is also...

... to the authoring of documents in the context of document studies to explain the impact and use of documents as instruments of management and communication. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach The conceptual discussion is supported by an empirical interview study...

... integrate both sciences and develop organizational ambidexterity. Information science can make unique contributions to data science research, including conception of data, data quality control, data librarianship and theory dualism. Document theory, as a promising direction of unified information science...

...Kristina Sundberg; Ulrika Kjellman Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate how tattoos can be considered documents of an individual’s identity, experiences, status and actions in a given context, relating to ideas stating that archival records/documents can be of many types and have...

... of this paper is to explore and analyze the digitized newspaper collection at the National Library of Sweden, focusing on cultural heritage as digital noise. In what specific ways are newspapers transformed in the digitization process? If the digitized document is not the same as the source document...