Introduction to Information Science
Introduction to Information Science

Author: David Bawden

Publisher: Facet Publishing

Published: 2015-06-10

Total Pages: 385

ISBN-13: 1856048101

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This landmark textbook takes a whole subject approach to Information Science as a discipline. Introduced by leading international scholars and offering a global perspective on the discipline, this is designed to be the standard text for students worldwide. The authors' expert narrative guides you through each of the essential building blocks of information science offering a concise introduction and expertly chosen further reading and resources. Critical topics covered include: foundations: - concepts, theories and historical perspectives - organising and retrieving information - information behaviour, domain analysis and digital literacies - technologies, digital libraries and information management - information research methods and informetrics - changing contexts: information society, publishing, e-science and digital humanities - the future of the discipline. Readership: Students of information science, information and knowledge management, librarianship, archives and records management worldwide. Students of other information-related disciplines such as museum studies, publishing, and information systems and practitioners in all of these disciplines.

Information Science
Information Science

Author: David G. Luenberger

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2012-01-12

Total Pages: 440

ISBN-13: 1400829283

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From cell phones to Web portals, advances in information and communications technology have thrust society into an information age that is far-reaching, fast-moving, increasingly complex, and yet essential to modern life. Now, renowned scholar and author David Luenberger has produced Information Science, a text that distills and explains the most important concepts and insights at the core of this ongoing revolution. The book represents the material used in a widely acclaimed course offered at Stanford University. Drawing concepts from each of the constituent subfields that collectively comprise information science, Luenberger builds his book around the five "E's" of information: Entropy, Economics, Encryption, Extraction, and Emission. Each area directly impacts modern information products, services, and technology--everything from word processors to digital cash, database systems to decision making, marketing strategy to spread spectrum communication. To study these principles is to learn how English text, music, and pictures can be compressed, how it is possible to construct a digital signature that cannot simply be copied, how beautiful photographs can be sent from distant planets with a tiny battery, how communication networks expand, and how producers of information products can make a profit under difficult market conditions. The book contains vivid examples, illustrations, exercises, and points of historic interest, all of which bring to life the analytic methods presented: Presents a unified approach to the field of information science Emphasizes basic principles Includes a wide range of examples and applications Helps students develop important new skills Suggests exercises with solutions in an instructor's manual

Textbook of Library and Information Science
Textbook of Library and Information Science

Author: Sayyid Umar Farooq

Publisher:

Published: 2021-01-31

Total Pages: 167

ISBN-13: 9789387698352

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This book is descriptive in nature and covers the latest syllabus of almost all universities and institutions departing Library & information science education in India.This book is unique and first of its kind as a textbook because there is a dearth of textbooks in library & information science. It is hoped that this book goes a long way in helping students in various examinations, whether syllabus based or competitive. The lucid language and encapsulated format of the subject matter would be of immense use for the readers in understanding the concepts discussed.

Introduction to Information Science and Technology
Introduction to Information Science and Technology

Author: Charles Hargis Davis

Publisher: Published for the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781573874236

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This guide to information science and technology presents a clear, concise, and approachable account of the fundamental issues, with appropriate historical and theoretical background. Topics covered include information needs, seeking, and use; representation and organization of infomation; computers and networks; structured information systems; information systems applications; users' perpectives in information systems; social informatics; communication using information technologies; information policy; and the information professions.

Knowledge Justice
Knowledge Justice

Author: Sofia Y. Leung

Publisher: MIT Press

Published: 2021-04-13

Total Pages: 359

ISBN-13: 0262043505

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Black, Indigenous, and Peoples of Color--reimagine library and information science through the lens of critical race theory. In Knowledge Justice, Black, Indigenous, and Peoples of Color scholars use critical race theory (CRT) to challenge the foundational principles, values, and assumptions of Library and Information Science and Studies (LIS) in the United States. They propel CRT to center stage in LIS, to push the profession to understand and reckon with how white supremacy affects practices, services, curriculum, spaces, and policies.

Foundations of Library and Information Science
Foundations of Library and Information Science

Author: Richard Rubin

Publisher:

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781555705183

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The information infrastructure: libraries in context -- Information science: a service perspective -- Redefining the library: the impacts and implications of technological change -- Information policy: stakeholders and agendas -- Information policy as library policy: intellectual freedom -- Information organization: issues and techniques -- From past to present: the library's mission and its values -- Ethics and standards: professional practices in library and information science -- The library as institution: an organizational view -- Librarianship: an evolving profession -- Appendices.

Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology
Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology

Author: Mehdi Khosrow-Pour

Publisher: IGI Global Snippet

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 4292

ISBN-13: 9781605660264

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"This set of books represents a detailed compendium of authoritative, research-based entries that define the contemporary state of knowledge on technology"--Provided by publisher.

The Organization of Information
The Organization of Information

Author: Arlene G. Taylor

Publisher:

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 456

ISBN-13:

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The extensively revised and completely updated second edition of this popular textbook provides LIS practitioners and students with a vital guide to the organization of information. After a broad overview of the concept and its role in human endeavors, Taylor proceeds to a detailed and insightful discussion of such basic retrieval tools as bibliographies, catalogs, indexes, finding aids, registers, databases, major bibliographic utilities, and other organizing entities. After tracing the development of the organization of recorded information in Western civilization from 2000 B.C.E. to the present, the author addresses topics that include encoding standards (MARC, SGML, and various DTDs), metadata (description, access, and access control), verbal subject analysis including controlled vocabularies and ontologies, classification theory and methodology, arrangement and display, and system design.

The Problem of Information
The Problem of Information

Author: Douglas Raber

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 9780810845688

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"While there are numerous books that address information science as a scholarly discipline, for the most part they assume a prior knowledge of the field. The Problem of Information approaches the fundamental concepts and research issues of information science by exploring the indeterminate nature of information as an abstract object. It also delves into such cognate fields as computer science, cognitive psychology, semiotics, sociology, and political science. Although The Problem of Information is designed specifically for beginning students in information studies, it offers the discriminating reader much food for thought."--Jacket.