Documentation science

Paul Otlet (1868–1944) and Henri La Fontaine (1854–1943), both Belgian lawyers and peace activists, established documentation science as a field of study.

One potential explanation is that these countries made a clear division of labour between libraries and documentation centres, and the personnel employed at each kind of institution have different educational backgrounds.

[2] 1965-1990: Documentation departments were established in, for example, large research libraries with the appearance of commercial online computer retrieval systems.

1986: Information service and - management started under the name "Bibliotheek en Documentaire Informatieverzorging" as third level education in The Netherlands.

It was held August 13–15, 2003 at The School of Information Management and Systems (SIMS) at the University of California, Berkeley.