Dilemmas in the study of information exploring the boundaries of inforamtion science
This thought-provoking book identifies the limits of the field of information science, and thus raises very real problems of the discipline in the context of people using, misusing, and abusing information. S. D. Neill provides many examples of the uses of information to illustrate how difficult it...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Greenwood Press
1992
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| Series: | Contributions in librarianship and inforamtion science
no. 70 |
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Add Tag | Summary: | This thought-provoking book identifies the limits of the field of information science, and thus raises very real problems of the discipline in the context of people using, misusing, and abusing information. S. D. Neill provides many examples of the uses of information to illustrate how difficult it is to work with. In particular, he highlights problems of information scientists using information to study information. It is the author's contention that information use problems are, in certain instances, insoluble dilemmas, for they are grounded in human nature and can be solved only by altering that nature. |
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| Physical Description: | xv, 184 pages 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| ISBN: | 0313277346 |
| ISSN: | 0084-9243 |
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