Doing Things with Information - Beyond Indexing and Abstracting

List of contents

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

About the author

Brian C. O'Connor is associate professor, School of Library and Information Sciences, University of North Texas. He is also associate director of the interdisciplinary PhD program in information science.

Product details

• Authors: Richard L. Anderson, Anderson Richard L., Jodi Kearns, Brian C. O'Connor, O'Connor Brian C.
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.08.2008
• EAN: 9781591585770
• ISBN: 978-1-59158-577-0
• No. of pages: 264
• Weight: 567 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Book trade, library system; Library & information services, Library and information services