Genre Theory in Information Studies
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Genre Theory in Information Studies

  1. 200 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Genre Theory in Information Studies

About this book

"Studies in Information" publishes monographs on critical issues in the information society. The book series is concerned with all aspects of information; its nature, politics, institutions, usages, and technologies, and it presents research from a wide range of disciplinary traditions. Previously published as Library and Information Science, it is a fully peer-reviewed and high impact outlet for research in the field of information. This new volume, edited by Jack Andersen, is the first to be published under the new series name Studies in Information. The book highlights the important role genre theory plays within information studies. It illustrates how modern genre studies inform and enrich the study of information, and conversely how the study of information makes its own independent contributions to the study of genre. Various original contributions scrutinize core aspects of information and knowledge organization, such as information systems and distributed authorship; personal information management; and records management in organizations, all through the lens of genre.

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Genre Theory in Information Studies
  3. Copyright page
  4. Contents
  5. List of Contributors
  6. Editorial Advisory Board
  7. Introduction
  8. Chapter 1 What Genre Theory Does
  9. Chapter 2 Re-Describing Knowledge Organization — A Genre and Activity-Based View
  10. Chapter 3 Genres without Writers: Information Systems and Distributed Authorship
  11. Chapter 4 Genre and Typified Activities in Informing and Personal Information Management
  12. Chapter 5 The Role of Calendars in Constructing a Community of Historical Workers in the Public Records Office of Great Britain ca. 1850s–1950s
  13. Chapter 6 Organizational Records as Genres: An Analysis of the “Documentary Reality” of Organizations from the Perspectives of Diplomatics, Records Management, and Rhetorical Genre Studies
  14. Chapter 7 Genres of War: Informing a City
  15. Chapter 8 Utterance and Function in Genre Studies: A Literary Perspective
  16. Final Summary: Genre Theory in Information Studies
  17. Index