Pluri, Multi-, Trans- Meta- and Interdisciplinary nature of LIS. Does it really matter?

摘要

The field of LIS is beset by recurrent debates as to itsrndisciplinary status. For decades, the interdisciplinary naturernof information science has been upheld without much proofrnfrom the ground. But if LIS is not an interdiscipline, is itrnthen a meta-, a trans- a pluri-, a multi- or simply arndiscipline? The different proposals for qualifying the naturernof LIS or for delineating its frontiers suggest that itsrnfundamental nature remains unclear for its community. Butrnis LIS alone in this dilemma and does it really matter? Doesrnit stop the field from progressing?