02633nam 2200625 a 450 991045455150332120200520144314.01-283-40332-397866134033223-598-44008-110.1515/9783598440083(CKB)1000000000692141(EBL)370746(OCoLC)183444795(SSID)ssj0000179086(PQKBManifestationID)11165707(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000179086(PQKBWorkID)10230590(PQKB)11486059(MiAaPQ)EBC370746(DE-B1597)29692(OCoLC)979770249(DE-B1597)9783598440083(Au-PeEL)EBL370746(CaPaEBR)ebr10256701(CaONFJC)MIL340332(EXLCZ)99100000000069214120060807d2004 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrInformation science in theory and practice[electronic resource] /by Brian C. Vickery, Alina Vickery3rd rev. & enlarged ed.München K.G. Saur20041 online resource (413 p.)Description based upon print version of record.3-598-11658-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 -- BackmatterBrian 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 oneInformation scienceElectronic books.Information science.020Vickery B. C(Brian Campbell)7279Vickery A1038327MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454551503321Information science in theory and practice2459842UNINA