Introduction to Information Science
eBook - PDF

Introduction to Information Science

  1. 156 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Introduction to Information Science

About this book

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.

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Table of contents

  1. Title page
  2. Contents
  3. CHAPTER 1 What is information science? Disciplines and professions
  4. CHAPTER 2 History of information: the story of documents
  5. CHAPTER 3 Philosophies and paradigms of information science
  6. CHAPTER 4 Basic concepts of information science
  7. CHAPTER 5 Domain analysis
  8. CHAPTER 6 Information organization
  9. CHAPTER 7 Information technologies: creation, dissemination and retrieval
  10. CHAPTER 8 Informetrics
  11. CHAPTER 9 Information behaviour
  12. CHAPTER 10 Communicating information: changing contexts
  13. CHAPTER 11 Information society
  14. CHAPTER 12 Information management and policy
  15. CHAPTER 13 Digital literacy
  16. CHAPTER 14 Information science research: what and how?
  17. CHAPTER 15 The future of the information sciences
  18. Additional Resources
  19. Index