Analyzing Subject Disciplines of Knowledge Originality and Knowledge Generality for Library & Information Science

Abstract

This study used bibliometric methods to analyze subject disciplines of knowledge originality and knowledge generality for Library and Information Science (LIS) by using citing and cited documents from 1997 to 2006. We found that the major subject disciplines of knowledge originality and generality are still LIS, and computer science and LIS interact and influence each other closely. It is evident that number of subject disciplines of knowledge originality is higher than that of knowledge generality. The interdisciplinary characteristics of LIS are illustrated by variety areas of knowledge originality and knowledge generality. Because the number of received subject disciplines is higher than that of given subject disciplines, it suggests that LIS is an application-oriented research area. (Article content in Chinese with English abstract)

Keywords

• library and information science
• knowledge originality
• knowledge generality
• interdisciplinary research