Brian C. O'Connor, Jodi L. Kearns, Richard L. Anderson

Doing Things with Information

Beyond Indexing and Abstracting

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Students in programs of information studies will find focal points for discussion about system design and refinement of existing systems. Librarians, scholars, and those who work within large document collections, whether paper or electronic, will find insights into the strengths and weaknesses of the access systems they use.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: ABC-CLIO
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. August 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 550g
• ISBN-13: 9781591585770
• ISBN-10: 1591585775
• Artikelnr.: 23490505

Autorenporträt

Richard L. Anderson, Brian C. O'Connor, Jodi Kearns

Inhaltsangabe

1. Background Concepts and Models 2. Considerations of Representation 3.
Representation, Function, and Utility 4. Failures of Representation:
Indeterminacy and Depth 5. Aboutness and User-Generated Descriptors 6.
Responses to Indeterminacy 7. Doing Things with Word-Based Documents 8.
Functional Applications of Information Measurement 9. Functional Ontology
Construction 10. Creek Pebbles: A Summary Metaphor and Touchstone for
Exploration References Index