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Introduction to Information Science
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Title
Introduction to Information Science.
ISBN
9781783305261
9781783304950
Edition
2nd ed.
Publication
London : Facet Publishing, 2022.
Copyright Notice Date
©2022.
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1 online resource (416 pages)
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Summary
The second edition of this definitive textbook provides an introduction to the library and information sciences, emphasising their philosophical, theoretical, and conceptual foundations. Updated to cover the changing information environment, it is suitable as a text for college and university students, for those beginning research, and for thoughtful practitioners.
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Print version: Bawden, David Introduction to Information Science London : Facet Publishing,c2022
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Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 03, 2023
Contents
Endorsements
Title page
Contents
Figures
Preface
Foreword - Curators of Semantic Capital
List of Acronyms
1 The Information Science Discipline
Introduction
The nature of information science
What kind of discipline?
Constituents and core
Overlaps with other information disciplines
History of information science
Summary
Key readings
References
2 History of Information: the Story of Documents
Introduction
Information ages?
Prehistory and the ancient world
The classical world
The medieval world
The age of print
The age of mass communication
The documentation age
Summary
Key readings
References
3 Philosophies of Information
Introduction
Philosophy and its relevance to information science
Philosophies of information
Philosophies of knowledge
Critical theory and media theory
Summary
Key readings
References
4 Paradigms, Turns and Theories in the Information Sciences
Introduction
Paradigms and turns
Theories
Summary
Key readings
References
5 Information
Introduction
Information in computing and communications: Shannon theory
Information in the physical world
Information in the biological world
Information in the social world
Mind the gap: unified theories of information
Summary
Key readings
References
6 Documents and Documentation
Introduction
Document theory
Categorising and organising documents
Collections
Summary
Key readings
References
7 Domain Analysis
Introduction
Information domains
Domain terminologies
Domain analysis
Examples of domains
Domain-specialist information work
Summary
Key readings
References
8 Information Organisation
Introduction
Fundamentals of information organisation
Metadata
Resource description.
Classification and categorisation
Taxonomy and ontology
Alphabetic vocabularies
Creating subject metadata
Summary
Key readings
References
9 Digital Technologies and Data Systems
Introduction
Digital technologies
Networks
Interfaces, interaction and information architecture
Data systems
Summary
Key readings
References
10 Information Systems
Introduction
Information systems
Information retrieval, databases and discovery tools
Library, repository and collection management systems
Systems for digital scholarship
Information systems for creativity and innovation
Summary
Key readings
References
11 Informetrics
Introduction
Historical developments
How much information is there?
The main informetric laws
Network analysis
Applications of informetrics
Summary
Key readings
12 Information Behaviour
Introduction
Origins and development of information behaviour studies
Methods for studying information behaviour
Information behaviour concepts
Theories and models of information behaviour
Information behaviour of groups
Individual differences and information styles
Summary
Key readings
References
13 Communicating Information:Changing Contexts
Introduction
Information chains and lifecycles
Communicating data
Communicating knowledge
Quality and ethical issues
Information places and spaces
Summary
Key readings
References
14 Information Management and Policy
Introduction
Information management: fundamentals and models
Data management
Document management and content management
Library and repository management
Memory institutions' information management
Archives and records management
Knowledge management
Business intelligence and environment scanning
Collection management.
Information governance
Information policies and strategies
User needs analysis and information audit
Valuing information and evaluating information services
General management issues
Summary
Key readings
References
15 Information Law and Ethics
Introduction
The legal and ethical context
Information law
Information ethics
Ethics of informational privacy
Legal and ethical implications of artificial intelligence
Summary
Key readings
References
16 Information Society
Introduction
Understanding information society
Information society infrastructures
Social informatics
Pathologies of the information society
Summary
Key readings
References
17 Digital (Onlife) Literacies
Introduction
Why 'digital literacies'?
A variety of literacies
Contexts for digital literacies
Evaluating information and avoiding mis- and disinformation
Promoting digital literacies
Summary
Key readings
References
18 Research in the Information Sciences
Introduction
Research and the practitioner
Information research approaches
Information research methods: general aspects
Research methods (1): document-based research
Research methods (2): experiment and observation
Research methods (3): evaluation and design
Research methods (4): surveys, interviews and Delphi
Sampling, data analysis and statistics
Research ethics
Summary
Key readings
References
19 The Future of the Information Sciences
Introduction
Predicting and prophesying
Curating the infosphere
The future of a multidiscipline
The big issues
Summary
Key readings
References
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