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UNINA9910807140003321 |
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Autore |
Vickery B. C (Brian Campbell) |
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Titolo |
Information science in theory and practice / / Brian C. Vickery, Alina Vickery |
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Mùˆnchen, : K.G. Saur, 2004 |
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Munchen, Germany : , : K.G. Saur, , 2004 |
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1-283-40332-3 |
9786613403322 |
3-598-44008-1 |
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Edizione |
[3rd rev. & enlarged ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xiii, 400 pages) : illustrations |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Frontispiece -- Chapter 1. Information science: emergence and scope -- Chapter 2. A social approach to information -- Chapter 3. Wider contexts of information transfer -- Chapter 4. People and information -- Chapter 5. Information retrieval -- Chapter 6. Semantics and retrieval -- Chapter 7. Intermediaries and interfaces -- Chapter 8. Information systems -- Chapter 9. The evaluation of systems -- Chapter 10. The Internet and information science -- Backmatter |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Brian Vickery (emeritus, U. College London; Alina Vickery died in 2001) updates the student and professional text that presents and discusses a scientific understanding of the processes of information transfer. The transfer, he says, is a human, social activity, the transfer of meaning from one |
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