"... I believe there is a core of knowledge and developments that is uniquely ours - if we can but define it" - a good answer! - "If we can but define it."

I am formally a professor of information science, but what I teach (computer networks, and similar courses) is actually a computer science (which I graduated). We (in Croatia) have "information science" (classified as a social disciplines) and "computer sciences" (a technical discipline). I passed from computer science to information science for formal reasons (related to my "Department of Informatics") but I teach contents that belong to computer science.

I want to say the following thing: you should first try to define what the lady had not done, and then ask what this discipline has achieved.

Historically, information science has been associated with library science, first and foremost, and then telecommunications and computer science. With analysis, collection, classification, manipulation, storage, retrieval, movement, dissemination, and protection of information in virtually all fields of human endeavor, the compass of information science (and this particular query) has become very broad. Toward a Library Renaissance, available at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/266476864_Toward_a_Library_Renaissance, shines a light on the future of libraries.

PS: Two other papers on libraries are at https://www.researchgate.net/project/Libraries-of-the-Future, should there be interest in that area.

Information science is the key to knowledge and it is important to tell to new students that libary and its databeses are genuinely wortwhile. Since everything cannot be found via internet search engines.

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This is a thought provoking question. I think that first we have to define the borderlines of the information science discipline , because as it is today, it is a combination of information systems, library science, information technology etc'. When this field will be defined properly, and its core studies will be established, it will be easier to assume where it is heading.

I think one the contributions of information systems (Science) is the new theories in the field, also new developed model from PhD Students or researcher which can be impact of the developed systems.

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I think one of top contributions by library & information specialists is regarding metric studies (bibliometrics, scientometrics, informetrics, etc.). Nowadays, various measures in metric studies are used by different organizations for different aims such as promotion, recruitment, and so on.

I agree with Dr Khasseh. However, library studies will be more of digitization of information

Information science is at the cutting edge of research

Interestingly, MIT Libraries have identified 3 key areas of important future LIS research: open science, scholarly discovery, and digital preservation.

https://grandchallenges.mit.edu/‬

Good question and informative answers thank you all

https://www.infoq.com/presentations/We-Really-Dont-Know-How-To-Compute

Software is knowledge of our intents and coding obfuscates it hopelessly

"Programming is considered harmful"

This is the biggest problem information science caused

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Still there is a gap between information systems and industry ..

They should sit together to do cooperation for filling the gap and increase systems success...

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In the future, I hope that information literacy will be an important topic. There is still many issues and questions to address regarding the competencies/skills we need to master to live in our information society.

Due to the continuing rapid growth of information in the future, one of the most important areas of research in information science in the future will be the processing and management of big data and the retrieval of useful information from the mass of information.

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The best contribution of information science , in my opinion, is the growth of this subject area, and its international diversity.