This essay is a personal analysis of information science as a field of scientific inquiry and professional practice that has evolved over the past half-century. Various sections examine the origin of information science in respect to the problems of information explosion; the social role of the fiel
Information Science
β Scribed by Mary Lee Balice
- Book ID
- 110734675
- Publisher
- Britannica Educational Publishing
- Year
- 2016
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 3 MB
- Series
- The Study of Science II
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781680482331
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
This interdisciplinary resource on information management covers storing and transferring information, and how information is organized, accessed, interpreted, distributed, and used. It includes the subjects of computer science, library science, artificial intelligence, engineering, linguistics, psychology, mathematics of programming, and the theory of problem solving. Readers learn about documentation, cataloging and classification, and archives and record management. Information research and publishing, as well as digital technologies and libraries, are explored. With the explosion in data processing technology and its use by individuals, companies, and academic institutions, the need for organizing and managing information and systems today has never been more vital.
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