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Foreword by Luciano Floridi

The second edition of this definitive text gives a comprehensive overview of all aspects of the subject, bringing it up-to-date with analysis of the changes in the information environment, now largely digital, and their implication for the discipline and professions. Its approach is rooted in the philosophical, theoretical, and conceptual foundations of the subject and in particular in Floridi's ideas of the fourth revolution, hyperhistory, and onlife. The theory-practice relationship is strongly emphasized throughout, and the extensive literature coverage makes this a valuable sourcebook. This second edition is extensively revised, with largely new text, illustrations, and resources, and offers a global perspective. The main topics covered include

foundations: philosophies, theories, concepts, ethics, and historical perspectives; organizing, retrieving, and analyzing information and data; information behavior, domain analysis, and digital literacies; digital technologies, information systems, and information management; information research methods and informetrics; changing modes of information communication, and information society; and the nature and future of the information disciplines and professions.

This book will be a standard text for students of library and information disciplines, including information science, librarianship, information and knowledge management, archives and records management, and digital humanities. It will also serve as an introduction for those beginning research in these areas, and as a resource for thoughtful and reflective practitioners.

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• Preface(p. xv)
• Foreword - Curators of Semantic Capital(p. xvii)
• List of Acronyms(p. xix)
• 1 The information Science Discipline(p. 1)
• Introduction(p. 1)
• The nature of information science(p. 2)
• What kind of discipline?(p. 4)
• Constituents and core(p. 4)
• Overlaps with other information disciplines(p. 5)
• History of information science(p. 9)
• Summary(p. 12)
• Key readings(p. 13)
• References(p. 13)
• 2 History of Information: the Story of Documents(p. 19)
• Introduction(p. 19)
• Information ages?(p. 20)
• Prehistory and the ancient world(p. 21)
• The classical world(p. 26)
• The medieval world(p. 28)
• The age of print(p. 33)
• The age of mass communication(p. 35)
• The documentation age(p. 37)
• Summary(p. 38)
• Key readings(p. 40)
• References(p. 40)
• 3 Philosophies of Information(p. 45)
• Introduction(p. 45)
• Philosophy and its relevance to information science(p. 46)
• Philosophies of information(p. 48)
• Philosophies of knowledge(p. 51)
• Critical theory and media theory(p. 53)
• Summary(p. 55)
• Key readings(p. 56)
• References(p. 56)
• 4 Paradigms, Turns and Theories in the Information Sciences(p. 63)
• Introduction(p. 63)
• Paradigms and turns(p. 63)
• Theories(p. 67)
• Summary(p. 75)
• Key readings(p. 75)
• References(p. 75)
• 5 Information(p. 81)
• Introduction(p. 81)
• Information in computing and communications: Shannon theory(p. 82)
• Information in the physical world(p. 85)
• Information in the biological world(p. 87)
• Information in the social world(p. 87)
• Mind the gap: unified theories of information(p. 90)
• Summary(p. 93)
• Key readings(p. 93)
• References(p. 93)
• 6 Documents and Documentation(p. 99)
• Introduction(p. 99)
• Document theory(p. 100)
• Categorising and organising documents(p. 104)
• Collections(p. 106)
• Summary(p. 108)
• Key readings(p. 108)
• References(p. 108)
• 7 Domain Analysis(p. 113)
• Introduction(p. 113)
• Information domains(p. 113)
• Domain terminologies(p. 115)
• Domain analysis(p. 116)
• Examples of domains(p. 117)
• Domain-specialist information work(p. 125)
• Summary(p. 126)
• Key readings(p. 127)
• References(p. 127)
• 8 Information Organisation(p. 133)
• Introduction(p. 133)
• Fundamentals of information organisation(p. 134)
• Metadata(p. 138)
• Resource description(p. 142)
• Classification and categorisation(p. 146)
• Taxonomy and ontology(p. 153)
• Alphabetic vocabularies(p. 155)
• Creating subject metadata(p. 158)
• Summary(p. 159)
• Key readings(p. 160)
• References(p. 160)
• 9 Digital Technologies and Data Systems(p. 167)
• Introduction(p. 167)
• Digital technologies(p. 168)
• Networks(p. 171)
• Interfaces, interaction and information architecture(p. 178)
• Data systems(p. 179)
• Summary(p. 184)
• Key readings(p. 184)
• References(p. 184)
• 10 Information Systems(p. 189)
• Introduction(p. 189)
• Information systems(p. 189)
• Information retrieval, databases and discovery tools(p. 190)
• Library, repository and collection management systems(p. 197)
• Systems for digital scholarship(p. 199)
• Information systems for creativity and innovation(p. 200)
• Summary(p. 200)
• Key readings(p. 201)
• References(p. 201)
• 11 Informetrics(p. 207)
• Introduction(p. 207)
• Historical developments(p. 208)
• How much information is there?(p. 212)
• The main informetric laws(p. 213)
• Network analysis(p. 216)
• Applications of inforrnetrics(p. 217)
• Summary(p. 220)
• Key readings(p. 220)
• References(p. 221)
• 12 Information Behaviour(p. 227)
• Introduction(p. 227)
• Origins and development of information behaviour studies(p. 228)
• Methods for studying information behaviour(p. 230)
• Information behaviour concepts(p. 231)
• Theories and models of information behaviour(p. 234)
• Information behaviour of groups(p. 238)
• Individual differences and information styles(p. 239)
• Summary(p. 240)
• Key readings(p. 241)
• References(p. 241)
• 13 Communicating Information: Changing Contexts(p. 249)
• Introduction(p. 249)
• Information chains and lifecycles(p. 250)
• Communicating data(p. 252)
• Communicating knowledge(p. 253)
• Quality and ethical issues(p. 258)
• Information places and spaces(p. 260)
• Summary(p. 262)
• Key readings(p. 262)
• References(p. 262)
• 14 Information Management and Policy(p. 267)
• Introduction(p. 267)
• Information management: fundamentals and models(p. 268)
• Data management(p. 269)
• Document management and content management(p. 270)
• Library and repository management(p. 270)
• Memory institutions' information management(p. 271)
• Archives and records management(p. 272)
• Knowledge management(p. 274)
• Business intelligence and environment scanning(p. 275)
• Collection management(p. 275)
• Information governance(p. 277)
• Information policies and strategies(p. 278)
• User needs analysis and information audit(p. 280)
• Valuing information and evaluating information services(p. 281)
• General management issues(p. 285)
• Summary(p. 286)
• Key readings(p. 287)
• References(p. 287)
• 15 Information Law and Ethics(p. 295)
• Introduction(p. 296)
• The legal and ethical context(p. 296)
• Information law(p. 298)
• Information ethics(p. 300)
• Ethics of informational privacy(p. 306)
• Legal and ethical implications of artificial intelligence(p. 309)
• Summary(p. 310)
• Key readings(p. 311)
• References(p. 311)
• 16 Information Society(p. 317)
• Introduction(p. 317)
• Understanding information society(p. 317)
• Information society infrastructures(p. 320)
• Social informatics(p. 321)
• Pathologies of the information society(p. 322)
• Summary(p. 325)
• Key readings(p. 326)
• References(p. 326)
• 17 Digital (Onlife) Literacies(p. 331)
• Introduction(p. 331)
• Why 'digital literacies'?(p. 332)
• A variety of literacies(p. 333)
• Contexts for digital literacies(p. 339)
• Evaluating information and avoiding mis- and disinformation(p. 340)
• Promoting digital literacies(p. 341)
• Summary(p. 342)
• Key readings(p. 343)
• References(p. 343)
• 18 Research in the Information Sciences(p. 351)
• Introduction(p. 351)
• Research and the practitioner(p. 352)
• Information research approaches(p. 353)
• Information research methods: general aspects(p. 354)
• Research methods (1): document-based research(p. 356)
• Research methods (2): experiment and observation(p. 357)
• Research methods (3): evaluation and design(p. 359)
• Research methods (4): surveys, interviews and Delphi(p. 360)
• Sampling, data analysis and statistics(p. 362)
• Research ethics(p. 364)
• Summary(p. 364)
• Key readings(p. 365)
• References(p. 365)
• 19 The Future of the Information Sciences(p. 371)
• Introduction(p. 371)
• Predicting and prophesying(p. 371)
• Curating the infosphere(p. 372)
• The future of a multidiscipline(p. 373)
• The big issues(p. 374)
• Summary(p. 375)
• Key readings(p. 376)
• References(p. 376)
• Additional Resources(p. 377)
• Other textbooks(p. 377)
• Journals(p. 377)
• Abstracting and indexing services(p. 378)
• Reference sources(p. 378)
• Index(p. 379)

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Library Journal Review

Beginning with a preface and six forewords by library and information science professionals, this is not a typical textbook! London-based authors Bawden (information science, City Univ. London; editor, Journal of Documentation) and Robinson (program director, library & information science, City Univ. London; Understanding Healthcare Information) have ably achieved their objective of introducing "the logic and language" of information science. The text begins with an epistemological exploration of what is (are) information science(s), and that question is woven throughout. More than one answer is explored, with a focus on the importance of people in any transfer of data, information, or knowledge. "Domain analysis" also permeates the text, with detailed explanations of this "realist approach" to the philosophy of information science in chapter five. While there are illustrative examples of current technologies, the authors' philosophical focus means they are not bogged down in contemporary minutiae; thus the useful life of the book is extended. This work is so different from Charles H. Davis and Debora Shaw's more technology-oriented Introduction to Information Science and Technology (2011) that both could be used in an introductory course. VERDICT Library and ischool faculty and students will find Bawden and Robinson's text intellectually stimulating and very worthwhile.-Sara R. Tompson, Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles (c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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David Bawden is Professor of Information Science at City University London, editor of Journal of Documentation , and has published extensively in information science. Lyn Robinson is Program Director for Library and Information Science at City University London, and a well-known writer and presenter in the subject. She is also the author of Understanding Healthcare Information .