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A documentalist is a professional, trained in
documentation science Documentation science is the study of the recording and retrieval of information. Documentation science gradually developed into the broader field of information science. Paul Otlet (1868–1944) and Henri La Fontaine (1854–1943), both Belgia ...
and specializing in assisting researchers in their search for scientific and technical documentation. With the development of bibliographical databases such as MEDLINE, documentalists were professionals who searched such databases on the behalf of users. When the field of documentation changed its name to information science, the terms information specialist or information professional often replaced the term documentalist.


See also

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Archivist An archivist is an information professional who assesses, collects, organizes, preserves, maintains control over, and provides access to records and archives determined to have long-term value. The records maintained by an archivist can consis ...
* Information scientist * Information professional * Librarian


Literature

* Bowles, M. D. (1999)
The information wars: Two cultures and the conflict in information retrieval, 1945-1999
In: M. E. Bowden, T. B. Hahn, & R. V. Williams (Eds.)

(pp. 156–166). Medford, NJ: Information Today, Inc. for the American Society for Information Science and the Chemical Heritage Foundation. * Bradford, S. C. (1953). Documentation. 2nd ed. With an introd. by Jesse H. Shera and Margaret E. Egan. London: Crosby Lockwood. * Meadows, A. J. (1990). Theory in information science. Journal of Information science, 16, 59–63. * Olsson, L. (1991). {{lang, sv, Bibliotekarieyrkets framtidida status. IN: Enmark, E. (Ed.). "Biblioteken och framtiden". Göteborg: Centrum för bibliotekforskning. * Olsson, L. (1992). I&D och profession - en fråga om teknik? Bidrag til 8:de Nordiska IoD, Helsingborg 19-21 maj, 1992. 10 sider. (I proceedings kun résumé på 1 side - manuskript udleveret på konferencen). * Shera, J. (1960). School of Library Science annual report (1960–61). Cleveland, OH: Western Reserve University. * Williams, R. V. (1998). The Documentation and Special Libraries Movement in the United States, 1910-1960. IN: Hahn, T. B. & Buckland, M. (eds.): Historical Studies in Information Science. Medford, NJ: Information Today, Inc. (pp. 173–180).


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LIBRARIAN VERSUS DOCUMENTALIST
1953 Article by Eugene Garfield Information science