The changing context of information : an introductory analysis
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The changing context of information : an introductory analysis
Library Association Pub., 1993
2nd ed
Available at 8 libraries
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"LA text"--Spine
First ed. published: London : Bingley, 1981
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
An examination of the importance of the social and cultural context in analysing the meaning and relevance of information for the individual and society. It explores the interaction between communications technology, human information processing, the representation of information and the attendant problems of storage and transmission. The social implications of knowledge engineering are also discussed, together with the ethics of information and its relevance to the information professional of the next century.
Table of Contents
- On knowledge and information
- psychological aspects of information
- information storage and transmission in society
- the storage and retrieval of information in society
- the social organization of knowledge
- ethical and professional aspects of information.
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