Meet the Author: “Introduction to Documentation Studies” – What is Documentation?
What is a document? What is documentation? Are they relevant questions in the age of AI like chat-GPT etc.? According to the author of "Introduction to Documentation Studies” professor emeritus Niels Windfeld Lund, the answer is: "yes", they are even more relevant than ever. We document at the same time as we communicate and inform each other, like sending text messages, a letter, writing a book, but also when we make a delicious dinner with dishes on plates, drinks in glasses or make a speech etc. In his book Lund shows through six case studies, how human interaction always involve documentation, communication and information. In other words, the complementary analytical model and method is relevant in society in general, but it is not least relevant for professionals in archives, libraries and museums, and in all kinds of professional document management in different sectors in society by providing tools both to analyze and manage documents as well as designing new kinds of documents. In this webinar, Lund will invite to a discussion on how the complementary model can be useful for the ASIST community.
Presenters
Professor Emeritus Niels Windfeld Lund
Niels Windfeld Lund, born 1949 in Copenhagen, Denmark, historian, and ethnologist, became the first employee and full professor in Documentation Studies, University of Tromsø, Norway, in 1996 and was responsible for the initial development of Documentation studies. From 1975 till 1988 Dr. Lund was Associate Professor at the Royal School of Library and Information Science in Denmark. Professor Lund has been Visiting Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, (2001 / 2005-06) and is the founder of The Document Academy, an international network for Documentation studies organizing annual DOCAM conferences. In 2014, prof. Lund retired, but is still active as professor emeritus and has published articles and book about documentation studies. He received the ASIS&T Award for the best Information Science 2025 for the "Introduction to Documentation Studies" Facet Publishers 2024.
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