Information for Sustainable Development - Technology, People and Society

About the author

Professor Gobinda Chowdhury BSc Hons, MSc, PhD, FCLIP is Professor in Information Science at iSchool@northumbria, and Head of the Department of Mathematics and Information Sciences at Northumbria University. Before joining Northumbria University he was a Professor and Director of the Centre for Information and Knowledge Management at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia. For over 25 years he has worked as an academic and researcher in information science in different parts of the world including Asia, Africa, Europe and Australia. For the past few years he has been actively involved in the iSchools activities. Professor Chowdhury has written or edited 15 books and over 150 research papers.

Summary

This book offers an information science perspective of the SDGs. It introduces the concepts and principles of information science and data management, before moving on to consider the current state of collection, management and use of different kinds of data for the SDGs at global and national levels.

Product details

• Authors: G. G. Chowdhury, Sudatta Chowdhury, Chowdhury G. G., Chowdhury Sudatta
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.02.2024
• EAN: 9781783306664
• ISBN: 978-1-78330-666-4
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 444 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development, Sustainability, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Leadership, Literacy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Museum Administration & Museology, Management: leadership & motivation, Library and information services, Management and management techniques, Museology and heritage studies, Charities, Voluntary Services & Philanthropy, Charities, voluntary services and philanthropy, School libraries & young reader services, Public libraries, Library, Archive & Information Management, Bibliographic and subject control, Research and information: general, Academic & specialist libraries, Acquisitions & collection development, Information retrieval and access