THE INFORMATION
SUB-DISCIPLINES
Disciplines of the Cultural
Record ………………………………………………………..
……..…………………………………………………………..The Sciences of
Information
Art librarianship Library special collections & manuscripts Management information systems Database mgmt systems
Theological librarianship Business records management Information architecture
Information arts Semiotics Government archives Business archives Science/engineering librarianship
Publishing studies Diplomatics Government records management Electronic publishing
Digital asset management College and academic libraries Special libraries Digital libraries
Social epistemology Genealogical archives Social science data archives Technical writing
Film and broadcast archives Business process management Sound and audio archives Data mining
Art museums Historical and archaeological museums Natural history museums Science museums
Analytical bibliography Site museums and monuments Museum visitor studies Biblio-/Webo-/Sciento-metrics
Cultural informatics Social informatics HCI for info systems Grid storage of data
Museum informatics Legal
informatics Business
informatics Bioinformatics Geoinformatics
Digital humanities Security informatics Medical/health informatics Chemical informatics
Arts Humanities Social and
Behavioral Sciences Natural Sciences & Math
THE SPECTRUM OF THE
TRADITIONAL DISCIPLINES
Figure 2. The Information Sub-disciplines