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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824636103321

Autore

Tonfoni Graziella

Titolo

The art and science of documentation management [[electronic resource] /] / Graziella Tonfoni with Lakhmi Jain

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol, UK, : Intellect Books, 2003

ISBN

1-280-47668-0

9781841508756

9786610476688

1-84150-875-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (314 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

JainL. C

Disciplina

808.02

Soggetti

Records - Management

Information storage and retrieval systems

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; Chapter One: Documentation Management: an Art and a Science; Chapter Two: Documentation Management through Metaphors and Analogies; Chapter Three: On Envisioning Documentation; Chapter Four: On Iconizing Documentation; Chapter Five: On Visualizing Documentation; Chapter Six: A Few More Exercises; Chapter Seven: Conclusions; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

As information becomes increasingly accessible through newly-introduced technologies, the human mind seeks a more comprehensive interpretation of the world in which we live. In order to manage this information overload, we must carefully reconsider our attitude towards documentation. While acknowledging the value of the standard guidebooks' hard rules on documentation management, Tonfoni advocates a new approach that promotes additional skills required for consistent decision-making, such as information sensitivity. This book has been conceived as a movie on paper, and as such, can be consider