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What is Information Science

Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
Information Science is actually a discipline of disciplines. It has come from the subject which deals with information, information services, information activities and digital information. So mainly from library science, archive science, documentation science, computer science it has originated; however this is not truly computer science nor library science. This is an interdisciplinary science; which is a combination of Library Science, Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Science, Operation Research and the subjects that deal with information.
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Quantum Information Science and a Possible Domain for Future Information School
Prantosh Kr. Paul (Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, India) and D. Chatterjee (Institute of Engineering and Management, India)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-5888-2.ch251
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I-Schools and the Present Worldwide Trend and the Indian Scenario
Information Science is actually a discipline of disciplines. It has come from the subject which deals with information, information services, information activities and digital information. So mainly from library science, archive science, documentation science, computer science it has originated; however this is not truly computer science nor library science. This is an interdisciplinary science; which is a combination of Library Science, Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Science, Operation Research and the subjects that deal with information.
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Cloud Computing: An Agent of Promoting Interdisciplinary Sciences, Especially Information Science and I-Schools – Emerging Techno-Educational Scenario
Information Science [IS] is though an important Applied Science domain but closely connected with so many domain and discipline such as Humanities, Social Science, Engineering, Technological Studies, and Management and so on.
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Information Science in the Analytics of Healthcare Data
Study of processes for storing and retrieving information.
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Medical Informatics: Thirty Six Peer-Reviewed Shades
Is an interdisciplinary science primarily concerned with the collection, classification, manipulation, storage, retrieval and dissemination of information. Information science studies the application and usage of knowledge in organizations, and the interaction between people, organizations and information systems. It is often (mistakenly) considered a branch of computer science. It is actually a broad, interdisciplinary field, incorporating not only aspects of computer science, but also library science, cognitive, and social sciences.
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Behind the Post-Truth World: A Philosophical Perspective on Information and Media Literacy
Interdisciplinary field of Applied Social Sciences that studies information in many contexts.
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Indigenous Knowledge Discourses in Africa: At the Intersection of Culture, Politics, and Information Science
A combination of a number of professions that are into information collection, management, analysis, preservation and dissemination. It includes professionals such as archivists, records managers, librarians, publishers, knowledge managers and journalists.
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Information Profession in Digital Transformation and Development: Future Directions
Discipline that advances human knowledge and transformation through data, information, knowledge, technology, people, and services. Information professionals and experts work in different social, economic, political, cultural and technological aspects.
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Community Science and Technology and Its Meaning to Potential Requirement
Information Science is actually a discipline of disciplines. It has come from the subjects and fields which are information, information services, information activities and digital information.
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Information Literacy and the Circular Economy in Industry 4.0
It is a scientific field that studies information in many contexts. It is considered as a multi, inter and transdisciplinary field.
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Ethical Aspects of Information Literacy in Artificial Intelligence
Scientific field that studies information in different contexts.
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Information Management in Project Management: Theoretical Guidelines for Practical Implementation
It is a social (applied) science that investigates the problems, issues and cases related info-communicational phenomenon perceptible and knowable through the confirmation, or not, of the properties inherent to the genesis, the flow, the organization and informational behaviour.
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Information Management in Project Management: Theoretical Guidelines for Practical Implementation
It is a social (applied) science that investigates the problems, issues and cases related info-communicational phenomenon perceptible and knowable through the confirmation, or not, of the properties inherent to the genesis, the flow, the organization and informational behaviour.
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The Role of Radio Frequency Identification in Modern Libraries
The body of knowledge that provides theoretical basis for information technology and includes subjects such as computer science, library science, artificial intelligence, mathematics of programming, and theory of problem solving.
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Quantum Information Science Vis-à-Vis Information Schools
Information Science is actually a discipline of disciplines. It has come from the subject which deals with information, information services, information activities and digital information. So mainly from library science, archive science, documentation science, computer science it has originated; however this is not truly computer science nor library science. This is an interdisciplinary science; which is a combination of Library Science, Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Science, Operation Research and the subjects that deal with information.
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Information Science and Technology in Crisis Response and Management
The study of processes for storing, organizing, retrieving or recovering information, especially scientific or technical information.
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Reconfiguring Information Services in the Light of the Post-Custodial, Informational, and Scientific Paradigm of Information Science: A Case Study of the Hospital Sector
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Systematic Review as a Research Method in Library and Information Science
Information science is that discipline that investigates the properties and behavior of information, the forces governing the flow of information, and the means of processing information for optimum accessibility and usability. It is concerned with the body of knowledge relating to the origination, collection, organization, storage, retrieval, interpretation, transmission, and utilization of information.
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Electronic Administration and Transparency as an Object of Research in Librarianship and Information Science Studies in Spain: A Study of Spanish Municipalities of 3001 to 5000 Inhabitants
Discipline that investigates the process and flow of information. The process includes the generation and dissemination, collection, organization, storage, retrieval, interpretation, and use of information.
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iSchools Promoting “Information Science and Technology” (IST) Domain Towards Community, Business, and Society With Contemporary Worldwide Trend and Emerging Potentialities in India
A discipline of disciplines that came from the subject which deals with information, information services, information activities and digital information. So mainly from library science, archive science, documentation science, computer science it has originated; however this is not truly computer science nor library science. This is an interdisciplinary science; which is a combination of Library Science, Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Science, Operation Research and the subjects that deal with information.
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The Marketing of Information and Knowledge Management
Borko (l968) defined “information science as a discipline that investigates the properties and behavior of the information, the forces that govern your flow and processing to optimize its accessibility and use”. “It relates to the body of knowledge pertaining to production, collection, compilation, storage, retrieval, interpretation, transmission, processing and use of the information”. According to Borko (1968) the information science investigates the properties and behavior of the information, the forces governing the informational flow and means of the processing and information processing for the optimization of access and use. It is an interdisciplinary science and related to various fields derived as mathematics, logistics, Linguistics, psychology, computer technology, search operations, the graphic arts, communications, library science, management and other similar fields. Has both a component of pure science, which investigates the subject without taking into consideration its application, as a component of applied science, which develops services and products. Librarianship and documentation are applied aspects of information science ( Borko, 1968 ). For Goffman (l970) the objective of information science is to establish a unified scientific approach to studying the various phenomena that involve the notion of information, Werther such features are found in biological processes in human existence or on machines created by humans.
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