Personal profile
Teaching
- Vidensorganisationens grundlæggende begreber og teori. Forskellige teoretiske og teknologiske tilgange til vidensorganisation og disse tilganges filosofiske grundlag og historiske udvikling. Vidensorganisation i forskellige domæner.
- Informationsvidenskabens grundlæggende begreber og teori.
- Informationsvidenskabelig analyse af vidensdomæner.
- Skriftlig kommunikation og faglitteratur. Dokumenttypologi.
- Sociokulturel, pragmatisk og virksomhedsteoretisk psykologi og social semiotik (især begrebsteori og sprogteori) og disse teoriers anvendelse i BDI-området. (Kognitive og sproglige processer i mennesker, maskiner, videnskaber og samfund).
Ph.d-vejledning, undervisning i vidensorganisation og domæneteori, videnskabelig kommunikation og dokumenttypologi.
CV
2006- Professor in Knowledge Organization, The Royal School of Library and Information Science (RSLIS) in Denmark.
2001 - 2006: Research professor in Knowledge Organization, The Royal School of Library and Information Science (RSLIS) in Denmark.
2000 - 2001: Professor in Knowledge Organization at the University College in Borås, Sweden.
1994 - 1997: External lecturer in the history and philosophy of psychology at the University of Copenhagen (Open University). (Additional job).
1990 - 2001: Head of Department of "Science and Humanities Information Studies" at RSLIS.
1983 - 1986: External lecturer at the University of Copenhagen, Institute of Applied and Mathematical Linguistics. (Additional job).
1984: Degree in library science from RSLIS: Research librarians and documentalists.
1978 - 1990: Research Librarian at the Royal National Library in Copenhagen. Coordinator of the computer based reference services.
1974: MA in psychology, the University of Copenhagen.
1972 - 1975: Documentalist in the NORDDOK-17 project. Training in documentation in Stockholm.
1973 - 1978: Lecturer in the Department of Reference and Documentation at the RSLIS. Participated in the introduction of information science.
Primary fields of research
Mine forskningsaktiviteter kan løbende aflæses via mine publikationer. Indenfor Institut for Informationsstudier er der p.t. tre forskningsprogrammer, hvor min indsats ligger i de to: "Domæneanalyse og informetriske studier" og i "Komparative studier i vidensorganisation".
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Information retrieval or document retrieval? Terminological confusions and unrealistic goals in information science, exemplified in relation to generative AI
Hjørland, B., 2026, In: Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology. 77, 5, p. 714-726 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Semantic primitives and compositionality: An Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST) paper
Hjørland, B., 2026, In: Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology. 77, 1, p. 198–223 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Bibliographical foundations of information science: A review essay
Hjørland, B., 2025, In: Journal of Documentation. 81, 1, p. 128-146 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review › peer-review
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Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC)
Hjørland, B., 2025, In: Em Questão. 31, 78 p., e-145068.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Knowledge organization for resilience in times of crisis: challenges and opportunities
Hjørland, B., 8 Sept 2025, In: Em Questão. 31, p. 1-29 29 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research
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Known Item Search: Theoretical and Practical Considerations
Hjørland, B., 2025, In: Library Resources & Technical Services. 69, 3, p. 1-17 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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The Purposefulness of Classification
Hjørland, B., 2025, In: Knowledge Organization. 52, 8, p. 1-23 23 p., 45146.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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知識組織論とはなにか: 図書館情報学の展開
Hjørland, B., 1 Aug 2025, Tokyo: Keisoshobo Co., Ltd. 272 p. (Development of Library and Information Science).Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research
Activities
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Eighteenth ISKO Conference, Wuhan, China and Online March 20-22, 2024
Hjørland, B. (Participant)
21 Mar 2024Activity: Participating in an event - types › Organisation of and participation in conference
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Eighteenth International Society for Knowledge Organization Conference
Hjørland, B. (Participant)
20 Mar 2024 → 22 Mar 2024Activity: Participating in an event - types › Organisation of and participation in conference
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UBVA Symposiet om forskningsevaluering 9.Nov 2023
Hjørland, B. (Other)
9 Nov 2023Activity: Presentations, memberships and other activity types › Lecture and oral contribution
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Social Epistemology (Key note)
Hjørland, B. (Other)
19 Oct 2023 → 20 Oct 2023Activity: Presentations, memberships and other activity types › Lecture and oral contribution
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Tibetkommissionen søgestrategi
Hjørland, B. (Consultant)
Dec 2018 → Jan 2019Activity: Consultancy types › Consultancy
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Data, Big Data, Database Semantics
Hjørland, B. (Other)
22 Jun 2018Activity: Presentations, memberships and other activity types › Lecture and oral contribution
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Karlstad University (External organisation)
Hjørland, B. (Member) & Hidén, S. (Member)
11 Jan 2018 → 5 Sept 2018Activity: Presentations, memberships and other activity types › Membership of review committee
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Facet analysis as one among other theories of classification.
Hjørland, B. (Other)
15 Sept 2017Activity: Presentations, memberships and other activity types › Lecture and oral contribution