Editing Information science (section)

=== Scope and approach ===
Information science focuses on understanding [[problem solving|problems]] from the perspective of the stakeholders involved and then applying information and other technologies as needed. In other words, it tackles systemic problems first rather than individual pieces of [[technology]] within that system. In this respect, one can see information science as a response to [[technological determinism]], the belief that technology "develops by its own laws, that it realizes its own potential, limited only by the material resources available and the creativity of its developers. It must therefore be regarded as an autonomous system controlling and ultimately permeating all other subsystems of society."<ref>{{cite web
| url=http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/ASC/Techno_deter.html
| title=Web Dictionary of Cybernetics and Systems: Technological Determinism
| publisher=Principia Cibernetica Web
| access-date=2011-11-28
| archive-date=2011-11-12
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111112233108/http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/ASC/TECHNO_DETER.html
| url-status=dead
}}</ref>

Many universities have entire colleges, departments or schools devoted to the study of information science, while numerous information-science scholars work in disciplines such as [[communication]], [[healthcare]], [[computer science]], [[law]], and [[sociology]]. Several institutions have formed an I-School Caucus (see ''[[List of I-Schools]]''), but numerous others besides these also have comprehensive information specializations.

Within information science, current issues {{as of | 2013 | lc = on}} include:
* [[Human–computer interaction]] for science
* [[Groupware]]
* The [[Semantic Web]]
* [[Value sensitive design]]
* [[Iterative design]] processes
* The ways people generate, use and find information