A CIÊNCIA DA INFORMAÇÃO NA EUROPA OCIDENTAL E MERIDIONAL a trajetória da Bélgica, França, Espanha e Portugal

The objective of the research is to demonstrate the trajectory of the emergence of Information Science in Western European countries such as Belgium and France, and in Southern Europe, Portugal and Spain. This is a historical-epistemological study that aims to contribute to the history of Information Science. Methodology: ss methodological procedures, the research is theoretical, bibliographic in nature and with a qualitative approach. Results: it is observed that both Western European and Southern European countries had a strong influence from the Documentation and actions derived from Otlet and La Fontaine,this reinforces the contributions of lawyers and Documentation to Information Science, as well as to its history, trajectory and epistemology. Conclusions: it appears that other studies on the history of Information Science in other regions of the world need to be carried out as a way of valuing and deepening the field on the continents and their regions.