Foundations and scope of Information Science

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INFORMATION MANAGEMENT 1A The impact of information in an electronic information society Unit 1 Defining Information Sciences/Management OVERVIEW • Information • Information science (is) defined • Visions of the impact of is • Indicators of a discipline • Academic departments within the university • Q&a INFORMATION • There has been much discussion on the meaning of ‘information’ probing alternative interpretations of the word. • It is estimated that several hundred definitions of ‘information’ exist. INFORMATION SCIENCE (IS) DEFINED (Borko) • Is an interdisciplinary science • that investigates the properties and behaviour of information, • the forces that govern its flow and use, • and the techniques, both manual and mechanical, • of processing information for optimal storage, retrieval and dissemination. The science and management of information • require an understanding of the • interactions involved in • generation, transmission and receipt. The multidisciplinary nature of information science IS IS CONCERNED WITH (Buckland) • The representation, storage, transmission, selection (retrieval, filtering), • and the use of messages, • where documents and messages are created for use...