Science and society: a new challenge for information professionals

Authors

  • Michela Montesi UCM

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54886/ibersid.v11i1.4397

Keywords:

information sources, scientific communication system, society, information scientists, new professional profiles

Abstract

Various models of scientific knowledge production have recently highlighted that the scientific community holds a growing responsibility towards society, both for establishing scientific priorities and for producing useful knowledge. However, the information science community, despite promoting open access to the scientific literature, keeps sticking to an elitist concept of scientific information sources, as they are conceived within a scientific communication system which is closed and intended to sustain information exchange among peers. This article analyzes four possible scenarios in which science and society may get closer, and propose for each of them a possible role for information professionals. To this end, we revise briefly the growing literature on citizens accessing scientific information.

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Author Biography

Michela Montesi, UCM

Michela Montesi es profesora ayudante en la Facultad de CC de las Documentación de las UCM desde 2008. Anteriormente ha trabajado como investigadora en la Universidad de Ámsterdam. Ha publicado numerosos artículos en revistas internacionales. Sus áreas de investigación comprenden la comunicación científica y evaluación de la ciencia, los comportamientos informativos especialmente en la Web, y el papel de la creatividad en los procesos creativos.

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Published

2017-06-13

How to Cite

Montesi, M. (2017). Science and society: a new challenge for information professionals. Ibersid: Journal of Information and Documentation Systems (ISSNe 2174-081X; ISSN 1888-0967), 11(1), 33–40. https://doi.org/10.54886/ibersid.v11i1.4397

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 1 (2017)

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Articles

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