Information and society /
Michael Buckland.
- xiv, 217 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
- The MIT Press essential knowledge series .
- The MIT Press essential knowledge series .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-213) and index.
Introduction -- Document and evidence -- Individual and community -- Organizing: arrangement and description -- Naming -- Metadata -- Discovery and selection -- Evaluation of selection methods -- Summary and conclusions.
"A concise, informal account of the ways in which information and society are related, and of our ever-increasing dependence on a complex multiplicity of messages, records, documents, and data."
Information science--Sociological aspects. Communication--Social aspects. Documentation--Social aspects. Information society. Ciencias de la información --Aspectos sociológicos Comunicación--Aspectos sociales Documentación --Aspectos sociales Sociedad de la información