I have neglected this blog for the past few months as I’ve been immersed in writing a guest editorial at the invitation of my friend Dr. June Abbas, editor of the journal Library & Information Science Research. The piece celebrates the journal’s 45 years of publication and reviews some of their most significant papers over the past decades, so it was a great pleasure to write. It has now been published and, if interested, you may read it for free from the link below until January 17, 2026.
About THIS SITE
This site is intended to provide additional information related to my book Keywords In and Out of Context, published in Springer’s Synthesis Lectures on Information Concepts, Retrieval, and Services series.
I am Betsy Van der Veer Martens, professor emerita at the University of Oklahoma’s School of Library & Information Studies, and my most recent article is “On Thresholds: Signs, Symbols, and Significance” in the Journal of Documentation.
Keywords In and Out of Context 