Introduction to information science / David Bawden, Lyn Robinson.

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 studen...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Authors: Bawden, David (Author), Robinson, Lyn, 1962- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Facet Publishing, 2022.
Edition:Second edition.
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505 0 |a Cover -- Praise for Introduction to Information Science -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures -- Preface -- Foreword -- Curators of Semantic Capital, by Luciano Floridi -- 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 
505 8 |a 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 
505 8 |a 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 
505 8 |a 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 
505 8 |a 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 -- References -- 12 Information Behaviour -- Introduction -- Origins and development of information behaviour studies 
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