Zur Problematik eines Gedankenexperiments über die Informationsversorgung der Wissenschaften

Based on a thought experiment in Kuhlen 2002, an attempt will be made to compare the thesis “creative destruction” with “creative integration”. An analysis of the general search engines on the web makes clear the limitations every individual solution of the different groups have which make themselves available today, in partial features, for the scientific information provision. An exclusion of the library and information and documentation knowledge leads to the dabbling of homemade software programs by academic scholars and librarians. For this reason, there is no real alternative to “creative integration” at this time, what can not rule out future radical organizational changes.