Bernd Frohmann - Revision history

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	*''Deflating information : from science studies to documentation''. Toronto University of Toronto Press, 2004. This was Frohmann's major work. Drawing on science studies he challenged the idea that communicating information was the main purpose of scholarly scientific literature. He also systematically refuted ("deflated") the central belief in library and information science orthodoxy that information existed as abstract "epistemic content."		*''Deflating information : from science studies to documentation''. Toronto University of Toronto Press, 2004. This was Frohmann's major work. Drawing on science studies he challenged the idea that communicating information was the main purpose of scholarly scientific literature. He also systematically refuted ("deflated") the central belief in library and information science orthodoxy that information existed as abstract "epistemic content."

			*"Best books" and excited readers: Discursive tensions in the writings of Melvil Dewey. ''Libraries & Culture'' 32, n 3 (1997): 349-371.
	*Revisiting "what is a document? ''Journal of documentation'' 65, n 2 (2009):291-303.		*Revisiting "what is a document? ''Journal of documentation'' 65, n 2 (2009):291-303.
	*Documentation redux: Prolegomenon to (another) philosophy of information: The Philosophy of Information. ''Library trends'' 52, n3 (2004):387-407. [https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/items/1775]		*Documentation redux: Prolegomenon to (another) philosophy of information: The Philosophy of Information. ''Library trends'' 52, n3 (2004):387-407. [https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/items/1775]

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	==Further Reading==		==Further Reading==
	*Liam Cole Young. A tribute to Professor Bernd Frohmann. ''Western FIMS News'' 2026 [https://www.fims.uwo.ca/about/news/2026/a-tribute-to-professor-bernd-frohmann.html]		*Liam Cole Young. A tribute to Professor Bernd Frohmann. ''Western FIMS News'' 2026 [https://www.fims.uwo.ca/about/news/2026/a-tribute-to-professor-bernd-frohmann.html]
			*Documentality in Bernd Frohmann's works, pp 62-78 in Ronald E. Day. ''Neo-Documentation and the End of Information: A Copernican Revolution''. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. OA[https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262054713/neo-documentation-and-the-end-of-information/]

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	==Life==		==Life==
	'''Bernd Peter Frohmann''' was born in 1946. After earning B.A. ~~and~~ M.A. degrees, he received ~~M.L.S. and~~ Ph.D ~~degrees from the University of Toronto~~. He worked on the Bertrand Russell Editorial Project at McMaster University before becoming a longtime faculty member of the Faculty of Information & Media Studies at Western University, London, Ontario, Canada, where he served as Acting Dean, 1995-1997. He retired in 2012 and died in October 2026.		'''Bernd Peter Ottokar Frohmann''' was born in 1946. After earning B.A., M.A., and MLS degrees at the University of Toronto, he also received a Ph.D with a dissertation entitled ''Wittgenstein on proper names'' in 1982.

			Frohmann worked on the Bertrand Russell Editorial Project at McMaster University before becoming a longtime faculty member in the Faculty of Information & Media Studies at Western University, London, Ontario, Canada, where he served as Acting Dean, 1995-1997. He retired in 2012 and died in October 2026.

	==Contributions==		==Contributions==

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	'''Bernd Frohmann''' (~~died~~ 2026) was a Canadian philosopher and librarian.		'''Bernd Frohmann''' (1946-2026) was a Canadian philosopher and librarian.

	==Life==		==Life==
	B.A., M.A., M.L.S., Ph.D.		'''Bernd Peter Frohmann''' was born in 1946. After earning B.A. and M.A. degrees, he received M.L.S. and Ph.D degrees from the University of Toronto. He worked on the Bertrand Russell Editorial Project at McMaster University before becoming a longtime faculty member of the Faculty of Information & Media Studies at Western University, London, Ontario, Canada, where he served as Acting Dean, 1995-1997. He retired in 2012 and died in October 2026.
	~~Acting Dean,~~ Faculty of Information & Media Studies at Western University, London, Ontario, Canada, 1995-1997.

	==Contributions==		==Contributions==
	*''Deflating information : from science studies to documentation''. Toronto University of Toronto Press, 2004.		After his early work editing Bertrand Russell's papers, he brought philosophical rigor to library and information studies.

			*''Deflating information : from science studies to documentation''. Toronto University of Toronto Press, 2004. This was Frohmann's major work. Drawing on science studies he challenged the idea that communicating information was the main purpose of scholarly scientific literature. He also systematically refuted ("deflated") the central belief in library and information science orthodoxy that information existed as abstract "epistemic content."

	*Revisiting "what is a document? ''Journal of documentation'' 65, n 2 (2009):291-303.		*Revisiting "what is a document? ''Journal of documentation'' 65, n 2 (2009):291-303.
	*Documentation redux: Prolegomenon to (another) philosophy of information: The Philosophy of Information. ''Library trends'' 52, n3 (2004):387-407. [https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/items/1775]		*Documentation redux: Prolegomenon to (another) philosophy of information: The Philosophy of Information. ''Library trends'' 52, n3 (2004):387-407. [https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/items/1775]

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	==Life==		==Life==
			B.A., M.A., M.L.S., Ph.D.
			Acting Dean, Faculty of Information & Media Studies at Western University, London, Ontario, Canada, 1995-1997.

	==Contributions==		==Contributions==
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	*Revisiting "what is a document? ''Journal of documentation'' 65, n 2 (2009):291-303.		*Revisiting "what is a document? ''Journal of documentation'' 65, n 2 (2009):291-303.
	*Documentation redux: Prolegomenon to (another) philosophy of information: The Philosophy of Information. ''Library trends'' 52, n3 (2004):387-407. [https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/items/1775]		*Documentation redux: Prolegomenon to (another) philosophy of information: The Philosophy of Information. ''Library trends'' 52, n3 (2004):387-407. [https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/items/1775]
			*Multiplicity, materiality, and autonomous agency of documentation. pp 27-39 in ''A document (re)turn: contributions from a research field in transition'', ed by Roswitha Skare and others. Frankfurt am Main ; New York : Peter Lang, 2007.
			*Documentary ethics, ontology, and politics. ''Archival Science'' 8, n3 (2008):165-180.
			*The power of images: a discourse analysis of the cognitive viewpoint. ''Journal of Documentation'' 48, n4 (1992):365-386
			*The documentality of Mme Briet’s antelope. In J. Packer & S. B. Crofts Wiley (Eds.), ''Communication matters: Materialist approaches to media, mobility and networks''. (pp. 173–182). NY: Routledge, 2012.

	==Further Reading==		==Further Reading==
			*Liam Cole Young. A tribute to Professor Bernd Frohmann. ''Western FIMS News'' 2026 [https://www.fims.uwo.ca/about/news/2026/a-tribute-to-professor-bernd-frohmann.html]

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	==Contributions==		==Contributions==
			*''Deflating information : from science studies to documentation''. Toronto University of Toronto Press, 2004.
			*Revisiting "what is a document? ''Journal of documentation'' 65, n 2 (2009):291-303.
			*Documentation redux: Prolegomenon to (another) philosophy of information: The Philosophy of Information. ''Library trends'' 52, n3 (2004):387-407. [https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/items/1775]

	==Further Reading==		==Further Reading==

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'''Bernd Frohmann''' (died 2026) was a Canadian philosopher and librarian.

==Life==

==Contributions==

==Further Reading==