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Handbook on Information Sciences
The Handbook on Information Sciences provides a comprehensive overview of the core themes within the discipline, including the organisation of information and how to manage data, and outlines avenues for future research. Discussions on the methodological evolution of the field are enriched by an in-depth evaluation of the use of experimental methods in information sciences.
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The Handbook on Information Sciences provides a comprehensive overview of the core themes within the discipline, including the organisation of information and how to manage data, and outlines avenues for future research. Discussions on the methodological evolution of the field are enriched by an in-depth evaluation of the use of experimental methods in information sciences.
This Handbook outlines the history of the information sciences and explores fundamental concepts such as materialist and semantic varieties of information, classification theory and document theory. Models of general information behaviour and specific information-seeking behaviour are analysed, as well as research methods and techniques for information retrieval. Expert contributors further examine public libraries as social institutions, information literacy, information sciences in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and the relationship between information sciences and sustainability.
Presenting theoretical foundations as well as practical advice, this Handbook is a vital resource for students and academics of computer science, economics, information sciences, knowledge management, sociology, and technology and ICT. Practitioners interested in information sciences and research methods will also find this book beneficial.
This Handbook outlines the history of the information sciences and explores fundamental concepts such as materialist and semantic varieties of information, classification theory and document theory. Models of general information behaviour and specific information-seeking behaviour are analysed, as well as research methods and techniques for information retrieval. Expert contributors further examine public libraries as social institutions, information literacy, information sciences in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and the relationship between information sciences and sustainability.
Presenting theoretical foundations as well as practical advice, this Handbook is a vital resource for students and academics of computer science, economics, information sciences, knowledge management, sociology, and technology and ICT. Practitioners interested in information sciences and research methods will also find this book beneficial.
Critical Acclaim
‘The wide-ranging contributions of this new Handbook, especially its excellent treatment of documentation and its broad approach to public libraries, provide welcome evidence of how far information science has matured beyond its early narrow positivist origins.’
– Michael Buckland, University of California, Berkeley, USA
‘With its emphasis on concepts, theories, models, and philosophies, and with a commendable historical perspective, this Handbook sets out the foundations of information science thoroughly and credibly. Peter Heisig’s well-chosen group of contributors gives a wide-ranging and up-to-date account of many aspects of the discipline.’
– David Bawden, University College London, UK
– Michael Buckland, University of California, Berkeley, USA
‘With its emphasis on concepts, theories, models, and philosophies, and with a commendable historical perspective, this Handbook sets out the foundations of information science thoroughly and credibly. Peter Heisig’s well-chosen group of contributors gives a wide-ranging and up-to-date account of many aspects of the discipline.’
– David Bawden, University College London, UK
Contents
Contents
1 Introduction to the Handbook on Information Sciences: the discipline of and for the information society 1
Peter Heisig
2 History of information science 7
Carlos Alberto Ávila Araújo
3 Concepts in information science 27
Matthew Kelly
4 Classification and Knowledge Organization 42
Thiago Henrique Bragato Barros and Isadora Victorino Evangelista
5 Document theory 58
Roswitha Skare
6 Information need: what is it? 72
Charles Cole and Thomas D. Wilson
7 Information behaviour 97
Hans-Christoph Hobohm
8 Models of information-seeking behaviour 116
Joan C. Bartlett
9 Information retrieval: core techniques, issues, current and future developments 136
Thomas Mandl and Julia Maria Struß
10 Diversification of research methods in information science 151
Brady D. Lund
11 Experimental research in Library and Information Science 166
Ilja Frissen, Catherine Henderson and M. Max Evans
12 Research data management 186
Ulrike Wuttke, Stefan Schmunk and Mirjam Blümm
13 Informetrics: beyond the citation index 205
David Gunnarsson Lorentzen and Gustaf Nelhans
14 Information visualization 221
Martin J. Eppler
15 Knowledge management 230
Peter Heisig
16 Introduction to data/text mining 257
Simon Y. K. Li and Eric Tsui
17 Public libraries: from cradle of democracy to community connections 274
Anne Goulding
18 Four challenges for the information society and the role of information institutions and research 293
Jesse David Dinneen
19 Information literacy: concepts, research, and promotion 313
Joachim Griesbaum, Antje Michel, Stefan Dreisiebner, Maria Gäde and Anke Wittich
20 A peek into the future: information science education and training in the fourth industrial revolution era 326
Tom Kwanya
21 Information sciences and sustainability 343
Jan Nolin
1 Introduction to the Handbook on Information Sciences: the discipline of and for the information society 1
Peter Heisig
2 History of information science 7
Carlos Alberto Ávila Araújo
3 Concepts in information science 27
Matthew Kelly
4 Classification and Knowledge Organization 42
Thiago Henrique Bragato Barros and Isadora Victorino Evangelista
5 Document theory 58
Roswitha Skare
6 Information need: what is it? 72
Charles Cole and Thomas D. Wilson
7 Information behaviour 97
Hans-Christoph Hobohm
8 Models of information-seeking behaviour 116
Joan C. Bartlett
9 Information retrieval: core techniques, issues, current and future developments 136
Thomas Mandl and Julia Maria Struß
10 Diversification of research methods in information science 151
Brady D. Lund
11 Experimental research in Library and Information Science 166
Ilja Frissen, Catherine Henderson and M. Max Evans
12 Research data management 186
Ulrike Wuttke, Stefan Schmunk and Mirjam Blümm
13 Informetrics: beyond the citation index 205
David Gunnarsson Lorentzen and Gustaf Nelhans
14 Information visualization 221
Martin J. Eppler
15 Knowledge management 230
Peter Heisig
16 Introduction to data/text mining 257
Simon Y. K. Li and Eric Tsui
17 Public libraries: from cradle of democracy to community connections 274
Anne Goulding
18 Four challenges for the information society and the role of information institutions and research 293
Jesse David Dinneen
19 Information literacy: concepts, research, and promotion 313
Joachim Griesbaum, Antje Michel, Stefan Dreisiebner, Maria Gäde and Anke Wittich
20 A peek into the future: information science education and training in the fourth industrial revolution era 326
Tom Kwanya
21 Information sciences and sustainability 343
Jan Nolin
