Information science syllabus and teaching practices within the higher education

Abstract

Born in USA, in 1968, the Information Science became meanwhile a genuine adult science in its own rights. In 2008 it will celebrate its 40th anniversary! According to Le Coadic, “the today’s Information Science is including a definition of its study object, a set of methods, a lot of basic concepts, some fundamental laws and models, etc. In addition, Information Science is more and more concerned with its own history; that is a mark of its maturity!”. According to other authors, Information Science and Information Technology are today the fundamental enablers of Information Society.