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Information theory and information science†

Information Processing & Management, 1981
Abstract The empirical import of Shannon's Information Theory and its impact on information science are discussed. It is argued that extension of the scope of Information Theory as well as development of new theories of information science presupposes better understanding of relevant empirical regularities and laws.
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Knowledge, information, and information science

Journal of Information Science, 1980
A fairly detailed 'picture' of the scope of information science is presented and discussed, to show the problems involved and the areas of research needed to develop the subject as a science. In particular, the processes occurring in thinking, memory and knowledge are considered as they arise in the production of information by an originator, and in ...
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Informatics, Information Science, and Computer Science

Scientific and Technical Information Processing, 2018
In this paper, we draw a distinction between information and computer sciences in terms of their objects and directions of research. In terms of the operating mode, we distinguish among automatic, automated, semi-automatic, and assistant systems and show that in each application domain there can be different configurations of these systems at different
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Media, Information Overload, and Information Science

2013
The Information Sword of Damocles hangs over e-literate people, in particular over knowledge workers, researchers, scholars, and students, and hinders their time management schemes. Our lives are replete with information of various kinds, of diverse importance, and of various degrees of relevance to our needs, and at the same time, we have less and ...
Bruno Jacobfeuerborn, Mieczyslaw Muraszkiewicz   +1 more
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Information and Information Science in Context

Libri, 1992
The article demonstrates the development of information science through three stages : its emergence prior to the second World War, its search for identify and alliances during the sixties and seventies, and its established as a discipline during the period 1977-80.
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Sociology and Information Science

Journal of librarianship, 1973
The growth of the social sciences has necessitated the development of formal systems of information storage, retrieval and dissemination over and above any informal and personal contact between individuals. The contribution of information scientists, in their attempts to structure social science information, raises certain questions about the ...
L.E. Watson, P. Gammage, M.C. Grayshon, S. Hockey, R.K. Jones, D. Oldman   +5 more
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The Place of Library Science and Information-Documentation Science in Information Science

1973
(The author) is German and is now considered one of the leading international scholars and specialists in information science. After being developed and transformed into the "Institute of Scientific Librarianship and Information" in 1966, the Institute of Librarianship at Humboldt University-Berlin organized a colloquium entitled "The Subject and ...
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Linguistics and information science

Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1972
AbstractThis paper defines the relationship between linguistics and information science in terms of a common interest in natural language. The notion of automated processing of natural language–i.e., machine simulation of the language processing activities of a human–provides novel possibilities for interaction between linguists, who have a theoretical
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Metatheory and information science

Journal of Documentation, 1997
Metatheory is described as the analysis of the presuppositions of a field of knowledge or practice. The presuppositions at the basis of the practice of information science are discussed, in particular relation to such concepts as information, knowledge (personal and public), message, message designation, information want and need, query, relevance and ...
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Library and Information Science

2017
Library and Information Science (LIS) is an interdisciplinary domain concerned with the creation, management, and uses of information in all its forms. Emerging from parallel developments in libraries and in information science, the field now encompasses diverse activities that are part of the information transfer cycle—such as the creation ...
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