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Emerging as a discipline in the first half of the twentieth century, the information sciences study how people, groups, organizations, and governments create, share, disseminate, manage, search, access, evaluate, and protect information, as well as how different technologies and policies can facilitate and constrain these activities. Given the broad span of the information sciences, it is perhaps not surprising that there is no consensus regarding its underlying theory—the purposes of it, the types of it, or how one goes about developing new theories to talk about new research questions. Diane H. Sonnenwald and the contributors to this volume seek to shed light on these issues by sharing reflections on the theory-development process. These reflections are not meant to revolve around data collection and analysis; rather, they focus on the struggles, challenges, successes, and excitement of developing theories. The particular theories that the contributors explore in their essays range widely, from theories of literacy and reading to theories of design and digital search. Several chapters engage with theories of the behavior of individuals and groups; some deal with processes of evaluation; others reflect on questions of design; and the rest treat cultural and scientific heritage. The ultimate goal, Sonnenwald writes in her introduction, is to “encourage, inspire, and assist individuals striving to develop and/or teach theory development.”

Information science. --- Information theory.

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Information science --- Information literacy

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This article examines one section, Regno della Cocincina of the unpublished manuscript Ragguaglio della missione del Giappone (17th century) preserved in the Archivum Romanum Societatis Iesu (ARSI). I analyze the historical-political, socio-cultural, ethnographic, and geographical information conveyed by the report's author. The text explores the role of the Society of Jesus' correspondence in the phenomenon of cultural interaction and mutual knowledge between Europe and East Asia in the early modern era.

Information literacy. --- Information retrieval.

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This book provides an overview of approaches to assist researchers and practitioners to explore ways of undertaking research in the information literacy field. The first chapter provides an introductory overview of research by Dr Kirsty Williamson (author of Research Methods for Students, Academics and Professionals: Information Management and Systems) and this sets the scene for the rest of the chapters where each author explores the key aspects of a specific method and explains how it may be applied in practice. The methods covered include those representing qualitative, quantitative and mix

Information literacy. --- Literacy, Information --- Information science

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Dieser bewährte Band bietet Informationsspezialisten eine aktualisierte Einführung in den Umgang mit Informationsressourcen. Nach der Darstellung von theoretischen Grundlagen werden ca. 500 allgemeine und fachspezifische Informationsressourcen ausgewählt und deren Inhalte, Funktionen und Bedeutung beschrieben. Neu hinzugekommen sind Abschnitte über Discovery Services, Forschungsdatenbanken und Fachinformationsdienste für die Wissenschaft. So wird Grundwissen zu Informationsressourcen vermittelt, das direkt in der Praxis eingesetzt werden kann. Margrit Lauber-Reymann M.A. studierte Bibliothekswesen und später Amerikanistik, Ethnologie und Soziologie. Als Bibliothekarin arbeitete sie bis 1992 in der Universitätsbibliothek München, danach wechselte sie zur Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek und unterrichtete an der Bibliotheksakademie Bayern. 2005 übernahm sie als Hochschullehrerin am Fachbereich Archiv- und Bibliothekswesen der Hochschule für den öffentlichen Dienst in Bayern die Fächer Formalerschließung und Informationsressourcen. Nach ihrem Ausscheiden aus dem Amt lehrt sie dort weiterhin als Dozentin für Informationsressourcen. This well-established work offers information specialists an updated introduction to working with information resources. Along with theoretical principles, there are approx. 400 selected general and specialized information resources with descriptions of their content, functions, and importance. A chapter on research data has been newly added. The handbook imparts basic knowledge on information resources that is directly applicable to practice.

Information resources. --- Electronic information sources. --- information resources.