David Bawden is Professor of Information Science at City University London, editor of Journal of Documentation, a council member of Aslib, and has published extensively in information science.Lyn Robinson is Program Director for Library and Information Science at City University London, and a well-known writer and presenter in the subject. She is also the author of Understanding Healthcare Information.
Introduction to Information Science
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Item Number:
978-1-55570-861-0
Published:
Publisher:
ALA Neal-Schuman
Pages:
384
Width:
6"
Height:
9"
Format:
Softcover
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- Table of Contents
- About the Authors
- Reviews
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. Among the critical topics covered:
- Foundations, including the information society, historical perspectives and concepts
- Organizing and retrieving information
- Information behavior and digital literacies
- Technologies and digital libraries
- Information research and methods
- Changing contexts including publishing, e-science and digital humanities
- The future of the profession
This is the definitive textbook for students of information science, information and knowledge management, librarianship, archives, and records management worldwide. It's also an invaluable guide for students of other information-related disciplines such as museum studies, publishing, and information systems. It's a useful sourcebook for practitioners in all of these disciplines.
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"The book is well written and easy to read. A very useful index concludes the volume. Scholars and academics who are serious about information science as a discipline should not be without this book."
--Online Information Review
"An excellent resource for those wishing to look at the challenges and issues in library science from a technical viewpoint. It is a wide-ranging look at multiple topics in information science, packed with references to important texts in these areas. Both technically complex and more abstract, theoretical discussions are delivered with concision and clarity."
--Technicalities
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