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Documentation is an important practicing and knowledge field responsible for Document and similar tools development, designing and management. Documentation is classified as two types Active Documentation and Passive Documentation. Documentation is commonly treated as Documentation Science and in some countries as Documentation Studies. Documentation Science is useful in Document Management and Organization in the Institutions, Establishments, Enterprises and other foundation. The advancement of technology; particularly IT and computing changes entire dimension of Documentation and evolved as Information Field; mainly Information Studies/ Information Science. The paper is talks about Documentation; its need and role. Paper specially finds out main changes of information field from Documentation age to IT and Computing age. Paper also describe about changing Philosophical and Technological Changes of the field.
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Keywords: Information, Information Science, Information Science and Technology, IST, Computing, Documentation, Quality Matters, Educational Matters, Academics
Introduction
Information is one of the important name in today's age. It is treated as many ways like as wealth, money, power and so on. Information Science is an interdisciplinary field incorporated with so many disciplines such as humanities and social science, engineering and technology, management and commerce and so on. Information Science is called as Science as Sciences. Information Science and Documentation Science-The aim and objective of both field are more or less same i.e. Knowledge Management. However, style, approach and view to manage Knowledge regarding the field are different. Information Science and Documentation Science are responsible for Information and Knowledge collection, organization and dissemination depending upon such tools, techniques; many ways.
Objectives
The main aim and objective of this conceptual study is includes, but not limited to as follows:-
* To learn basic about Information Science and Documentation; including their aim and objective;
* To find out changes in Information Science and Documentation for IT and similar tools development;
* To view Documentation as a Science and Information Science as Multidisciplinary field;
* To learn basic about tools and technologies uses in Information Science and its main differences with Documentation Science;
* To view Information Science and Documentation Science from philosophical and technological point of view;
* To find out future trends of Information Science at a glance.
Documentation and Documentation Science
Documentation is...