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The paper evaluates the turn to practice in information science, through a summary of the theory and exploration of empirical data about the use of collaborative software. Themes of practice theory, namely: change, sociomateriality,
relational thinking and knowing are summarised and previous use of practice based approaches to studying the adoption of information
technologies are discussed. The empirical data is thirty interviews with Human
Resource professionals involved in a project in a large Mexican University.
The strength of the analysis using the practice based approach is to deepen
our understanding of context emerge from an analysis of the data. The sociology of translation can be used to further deepen understanding of the political process around the project. Remaining issues point to a major issue
with practice based approaches, namely the adequacy of its treatment of
structural power.
This paper presents a scientometric study of articles from journals indexed in Web of Science (WoS), subject category "Information Science and Library Science". The results confirm the Anglo-American dominance in the library and information science literature (included in WoS), which is even stronger if only research-oriented information science journals are considered. The
two major exceptions are the Scandinavian countries and the field of scientometrics.
The visibility of Germany and Austria turned out to be relatively low.
The landscape of society continues to undergo tremendous change. Social
challenges are more complex than ever before, often crossing multiple geopolitical
boundaries, creating new socio-economic boundaries and involving new relationships and interdependencies among actors. Natural and humanmade
disasters continue to present multiple challenges linked to information access. Scientific instruments and sensors are producing new types and large volumes of digital data that require curation. Personal, cultural and organizational heritage digital data that allow for new ways of interacting with information and others, and new ways of understanding ourselves and our society
continue to increase. These trends present challenges and opportunities for information and library science that place demands on our academic leadership. This paper discusses these challenges and demands.