Introductory concepts in information science

In this updated and expanded edition of her widely read 2000 book, Melanie J. Norton presents a unique and carefully researched introduction to the practical and theoretical concepts of information science and examines the impact of the Information Age on society and its institutions.

• Acknowledgments p. vii
• Introduction p. ix Melanie J. Norton
• Chapter 1 Information and Information Science p. 1 Melanie J. Norton
• Chapter 2 Two Perspectives on Information Science Reprinted p. 19
• Information Science: What Is It? p. 22 Harold Borko
• Towards a Metascience of Information: Informatology p. 27 Klaus Otten and Anthony Debons
• Chapter 3 Communication p. 41 Melanie J. Norton
• Chapter 4 Information Retrieval p. 55 Melanie J. Norton
• Chapter 5 Indexing p. 67 Jung Won Yoon
• Chapter 6 Information Repositories: Background and Historic Overview p. 87 Teresa S. Welsh
• Chapter 7 Information Repositories: New Technologies and Trends p. 101 Teresa S. Welsh
• Chapter 8 Digital Libraries p. 117 EunKyung Chung
• Chapter 9 Bibliometrics p. 131 Melanie J. Norton
• Chapter 10 Information Economics p. 151 Melanie J. Norton
• Chapter 11 Interpretations of Value p. 171 Melanie J. Norton
• Chapter 12 Digital Accessibility: Information Value in Changing Hierarchies p. 181 Melanie J. Norton and June Lester and Melanie J. Norton
• About the Contributors p. 195
• About the Author p. l97
• Index p. 199