"The dream of universal knowledge hardly started with the digital age. From the archives of Sumeria to the Library of Alexandria, humanity has long wrestled with information overload and management of intellectual output. Revived during the Renaissance and picking up pace in the…
Descripción del editor: "El acceso abierto (open access) a la ciencia es el movimiento que persigue la disponibilidad libre y gratuita de los contenidos científicos en internet. A pesar de tratarse de una iniciativa conocida, existen aún ideas confusas y también malas interpreta…
This classic student and professional text has been a main stay of the information profession for many years and is regularly cited. It has been reprinted many times and now this newly revised 3rd edition covers some of the most recent changes to affect the profession. The effec…
"This book examines the impact of new information services on day-to-day activities from a range of contemporary technical and socio-cultural perspectives"--Proporcionado por el editor.
Takes a whole subject approach to information science as a discipline, covering critical topics as: foundations, concepts, theories and historical perspectives; organizing and retrieving information; information behaviour, domain analysis and digital literacies; technologies, di…
