A core text for those teaching library and information science as well as practising librarians or those working in information and communication fields, Information Science is an authoritative and subject-defining publication.
What is Information Science? This comprehensive book answers this key question by providing a detailed definition and analysis of information science and how it differs from data science and library science.
Drawing on a range of practical examples, the book explores how information science uniquely cuts across disciplines and integrates different streams of information into a coherent whole that makes sense for a particular problem. Starting with a historical overview of information science, subsequent chapters explore:
- Communication tools;
- Information integrity and behaviour;
- Artificial intelligence and data science;
- Information retrieval, curation and non-verbal information;
- Information in technology, education and politics.
A core text for those teaching library and information science as well as practising librarians or those working in information and communication fields, Information Science is an authoritative and subject-defining publication.
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
Michael Seadle is a retired Professor at the Berlin School of Library and Information Science at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and was Executive Director of the international iSchools organisation. He has previously published The Measurement of Information Integrity, Quantifying Research Integrity and Educating the Profession: 40 Years of the IFLA Section on Education and Training.
