Methodology and noology: amazing prospects for library and information science

Аннотация

Important work for Information Science and Information Services has been done by two internationally renowned intellectuals, Edgar Morin and Michel Serres. Their relevance relates to the fact that they both accept the challenge of the complex reality of the world. They work out ways to deal with the dynamics of these issues in the most significant way possible. They both have special methods of including information as central to their work, despite their disciplinary backgrounds and engagements. This fact gave me the freedom to expect from their work, given their enthusiasm about the central place of information in society and life, to provide significant insights to us in our own situation. We encounter the problem that our standard, accepted methods cannot really help us here. These methods are still based on "a flat world assumption" as are our policies, strategies and skills - all of which are based on a deterministic approach and a cause-effect strategy.