Affiliations: Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Library Science and Information Systems, Former Director of the General State Archives. Department of Library Science and Information Science, Faculty of Administration and Finance, Technological and Educational Institution of Athens, St. Spyridon Street, 122 10, Aegaleo, Athens, Greece. Tel.: +302109933162 (home) and +302105385202 (office); E-mail: gian@teiath.gr
Abstract: This article examines, from the viewpoint of archival science, the possibility of creating a common framework for information science in the academic and professional fields alike. Information management, both as an academic platform and as an occupation, makes it necessary for library studies and archival science to co-exist in the curricula of higher education institutions, and for libraries and archives to cooperate on a practical level.
Keywords: Archival science, archival education, records management, information science, information management, information professionals
