The science of library science and information: A paradigm of tradition or of innovation?

THE DEVELOPMENT OF A THEORY ON DOCUMENTAL INFORMATION POSITS THE DILEMMA OF EITHER CONTINUING WITH THE TIME HONORED PARADIGM FOLLOWED BY LIBRARY SCIENCE OR RATHER SHIFTING TO A NEW ONE. AFTER A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE SCIENTIFIC IDEAS OF T. KUHN AND I. LAKATOS, THE STUDY CONCLUDES THAT THE DILEMMA IS FALSE. USING LAKATO'S TERMINOLOGY, AND OFFERING SOME ADDENDA TO HIS PROPOSALS, WE CONCLUDE THAT THE SCIENCE OF LIBRARY SCIENCE AND IN FORMATION CONTINUES TO EXHIBIT TRADITIONAL ELEMENTS IN WHAT WE CALL A REFINED "HARD NUCLEUS," WHILE AT THE SAME TIME EXHIBITING INNOVATIVE CHARACTERISTICS IN A SORT OF "PROTECTIVE BELT," WHICH INCLUDES A SERIES OF THEORIES, EMANATING FROM THE NUCLEUS, THAT ARE AT TEMPTS TO GRASP THE NEW REALITIES.