Políticas de información: el amplio espectro de la investigación

LIBRARY SCIENCE AND INFORMATION STUDIES CONCERNED WITH INFORMATION POLICIES HAVE LACKED POPULARITY AMONG INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS DUE TO ITS MULTIPLE FACETS. THE PAPER INTENDS TO DESCRIBE DATA COLLECTION METHODS PROPOSED BY DIFFERENT AUTHORS DURING THE LAST 20 YEARS. DATA GATHERING AS A SYSTEMATIC PROCEDURE BRINGS US NEAR TO NOVEL PERSPECTIVES IN ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF VARIABLES AND INCIDENTS WHICH ARE PART OF INFORMATION POLICY RESEARCH. THIS MAY ALSO HELP TO UNDERSTAND OUR TOPIC AT DIFFERENT LEVELS OF THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ARENAS. FURTHERMORE, IT WILL HELP TO PROMOTE AND APPLY NEW KNOWLEDGE AND OBSERVE PREDICTIONS AND EXPLANATIONS ON THE SUBJECT.