Library and Information Science and Digital Humanities: Two Disciplines, Joint Future?

@inproceedings{Robinson2015LibraryAI,
  title={Library and Information Science and Digital Humanities: Two Disciplines, Joint Future?},
  author={Lyn Robinson and Ernesto Priego and David Bawden},
  booktitle={ISI},
  year={2015}
}
The relationship between the disciplines of library and information science and of digital humanities is analysed, in terms of common topics, issues and perspectives. A model to integrate the two, based on the components of the communication chain of recorded information is proposed. It is suggested that a partial integration of the disciplines, to the extent that their concerns are reflected by this model, would be positive for the future of both. 
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