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- Description
- Table of Contents
- About the author
This is an ideal read for those teaching library and information science as well as practicing librarians or those working in information and communication fields.
What is Information Science? This comprehensive book answers this key question and explains how information science differs from data science and library science. Using a range of practical examples, the book explores how information science cuts across disciplines and integrates a range of information into a coherent whole. Starting with a historical overview of information science, subsequent chapters explore
- communication tools;
- information integrity and behavior;
- artificial intelligence (AI) and data science;
- information retrieval, curation, and non-verbal information; and
- information in technology, education, and politics.
Introduction
Chapter One: A History of Information
Chapter Two: A History of the Discipline
Chapter Three: Information Science Organisations
Chapter Four: Language and Information Science
Chapter Five: Culture and Information Science
Chapter Six: Technology
Chapter Seven: Internet Technology
Chapter Eight: Information Integrity
Chapter Nine: Artificial Intelligence
Chapter Ten: Information Behaviour
Chapter Eleven: Data Science
Chapter Twelve: Non-Verbal Information
Chapter Thirteen: Information Retrieval for Technology
Chapter Fourteen: Information Curation
Chapter Fifteen: Information for Education
Chapter Sixteen: Information and Politics
Conclusion