Re: What's a "documentation specialist", as opposed to a writer?

["Suzette Leeming" <suzette -dot- leeming -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Close!

Here's the definition from Wikipedia:


*Documentalist* is a kind of librarian<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Librarian>,
trained in documentation<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Documentation_(field)>and
specializing in assisting researchers in their search for scientific
and
technical documentation. With the development of bibliographical databases
such as MEDLINE, documentalists were professionals who searched such
databases on the behalf of users.

When the field of documentation changed its name to information
science<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_science>,
the term information specialist often replaced the term documentalist.

[edit<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Documentalist&action=edit&section=1>
] See also

   - Archivist <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivist>
   - Information
professional<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_professional>
   - Librarian <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Librarian>


Suzette Leeming
Stouffville, Ontario



On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 9:42 AM, Janet Swisher <jmswisher -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:

> On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 9:05 PM, Suzette Leeming
> <suzette -dot- leeming -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> > In my current job, they were looking for a "Documentalist". What they
> really
> > wanted/needed was someone with my skills. When I accepted the job, I
> > insisted on the title being "Technical Writer" and gave them a
> presentation
> > explaining the role of a technical writer, which was really what they
> > needed. I joked about not wanted to have a title that had the word
> "mental"
> > in it.
>
> I would think a "Documentalist" would be someone who acquires
> technical information for documentation through psychic abilities. And
> doesn't that describe what a lot of us have to do? :-)
>
>
> --
> Visit my blog at: http://www.janetswisher.com
>
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