A library and information scientist, also known as a library scholar, is a researcher or academic who specializes in the field of library and information science and often participates in scholarly writing about and related to library and information science. A library and information scientist is neither limited to any one subfield of library and information science nor any one particular type of library. These scientists come from all information-related sectors. Bibliometric mappings Bibliometric methods have been used to create maps of library and information science, thus identifying the most important researchers as well as their relative connections (or distances) and identifying emerging trends related to LIS publications within the field. White and McCain (1998) made a map of information science and Åström (2002), Chen, Ibekwe-SanJuan, and Hou (2010), Janssens, Leta, Glanzel, and De Moor (2006), and Zhao and Strotmann (2008) constructed some later maps of library and information science. Jabeen, Yun, Rafiq, and Jabeen (2015) mapped the growth and trends of LIS publications. Notable library and information scientists Sanford Berman John Shaw Billings Suzanne Briet James Duff Brown Michael Buckland Lois Mai Chan Ingetraut Dahlberg Melville Dewey Douglas John Foskett Eugene Garfield Michael Gorman Allen Kent Frederick Kilgour David A. Kronick Frederick Wilfrid Lancaster Kathleen de la Peña McCook Alexander Ivanovich Mikhailov Herbert Marvin Ohlman Hope A. Olson Paul Otlet S. R. Ranganathan Gerald Salton Claire Kelly Schultz Jesse Shera Elaine Svenonius Robert Saxton Taylor Barbara Tillett Brian Campbell Vickery Herbert S. White See also Bibliometrician Computer scientist Documentalist Information scientist Librarians Library science References Further reading Cuadra, C. A. (1964). Identifying key contributions to information science. American Documentation, 15(4), 289–295. Feather, J. & Sturges, P. (eds). (1996). International Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science. London & New York: Routledge. Persson, O. (1995). Forskning inom biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap i bibliometrisk belysning. IN: Biblioteken, kulturen och den sociala intelligensen. Aktuell forskning inom biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap. Ed.: Lars Höglund. Göteborg: Valfrid. (pp. 47–56). Persson, O. & Åström, F. (2005). Most cited universities and authors in Library & Information Science 1990–2004. Bibliometric Notes, 7(2). http://www.umu.se/inforsk/BibliometricNotes/BN2-2005/BN2-2005.htm External links Index of Information Science pioneers, American Society for Information Science & Technology (1998) Pioneers of Information Science Scrapbook, Conference on the History and Heritage of Science Information Systems (1998) Information theorists