Lexicographic analysis of dictionaries of information science

Abstract

Lexicographical works accompany human development both in a technical-
scientific and cultural. In the case of dictionaries, the heterogeneity of goals,

tasks and target audience are responsible for characterizing its nature. In

information science, we analyze two dictionaries in the field: the Dicionário de

Biblioteconomia e Arquivologia (2009) and ODLIS: Online Dictionary for

Library and Information Science (2010), aiming to reflect on their positives and

negatives. The work is justified for two reasons: first by the lack of

lexicographical studies in the area, and second by the recurrent problem of

inarticulate systematization of technical dictionaries. The theory is based on the

analysis of lexical Debove-Rey (1971) that divides the organization of the

macrostructure in dictionary entries (or entries), and the microstructure

(definitions) and the slope of Günther Haensch (1982), adding the analysis of

the pre-and post-textuais.Para conclusion, it appears that every dictionary, in its

coverage and scope has an important role in the field of information science,

contributing both in research as experts in the everyday professionals. However,

some aspects of its structure and organization could be rethought in light of the

needs of those users, incorporating the precepts of lexicographical studies, yet

little widespread in Information Science.