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The return to the document: rapprochement between Information Science and Documentation

ABSTRACT

For a while, the studies about document in Information Science was left aside on behalf of the studies about information. In last decades, Paul Otlet’s and Suzanne Briet’s thoughts have been rescued and inserted in Information Science. This paper analyses the rapprochement between Documentation and Information Science in the perspective of Neodocumentalist moviment. A bibliographic research was realized, by presenting a brief history of Documentation and its relation with Information Science. It was realized a review of literature and some facts were exposed about the formation of the new movement, named as neodocumentalist movement or neodocumentation. It concludes the debate about document and information is important for a better understanding about both concepts.

Keywords:
Documentation; Neodocumentacion; Concept of document

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