Information science in theory and practice / / Brian C. Vickery, Alina Vickery

• Autore: Vickery B. C (Brian Campbell)
• Pubblicazione: München, : K.G. Saur, 2004; Munchen, Germany : , : K.G. Saur, , 2004
• Edizione: 3rd rev. & enlarged ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiii, 400 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 020
• Soggetto topico: Information science
• Classificazione: AN 92600
• Persona (resp. second.): VickeryA
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Information science in theory and practice
• ISBN: 1-283-40332-3; 9786613403322; 3-598-44008-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910807140003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II