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Information Studies and Other Provocations - by Jonathan Furner (Paperback)

Information Studies and Other Provocations - by  Jonathan Furner (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Provides a look at some of the perennial questions facing the field of information studies through talks given at conferences, workshops, and other meetings over a two-decade period."--Provided by publisher.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>What is information studies? And why does it matter? UCLA professor Jonathan Furner takes a sideways look at some of the perennial questions facing the field in this selection of talks given at conferences, workshops, and other meetings over a two-decade period. Topics covered include the disciplinary nature of library and information science; the philosophy of information; the ontology of works, documents, and records; bibliographic classification and knowledge organization; vocabulary control and collaborative indexing; and information retrieval and scholarly communication.</p>

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