On profession, trends, change and continuity

Firstly, the author defines the term profession from two perspectives: the qualified and paid performance, and the ethical and social commitment in the long term. He identifies some problems in Librarianship area affecting the latter type of personal involvement: fashion trends in terminology change...

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Autor principal: Falcato, Pedro
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Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/ICS/article/view/895
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Sumario:Firstly, the author defines the term profession from two perspectives: the qualified and paid performance, and the ethical and social commitment in the long term. He identifies some problems in Librarianship area affecting the latter type of personal involvement: fashion trends in terminology changes that carry unthinking approach and uncritical adoption of knowledge from other disciplines, added to the unjustified use of certain informatics resources. It proposes a series of actions to correct this usual diversions: promoting suitable environments to develop the theoretical foundations of the discipline, without neglecting applied research to practical problem solving; defining concepts and expand vocabulary by setting its meaning; seeking a balance between permanence and innovation, and overview and fragmentation.