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Information science in theory and practice

This comprehensive textbook is designed to meet the needs of accountancy courses, business management, information systems and technology courses.

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  • "This comprehensive textbook is designed to meet the needs of accountancy courses, business management, information systems and technology courses."@en
  • "This classic student and professional text has been a mainstay of the information profession for many years and is regularly cited. It has been reprinted many times and now this newly revised third edition covers recent changes that affect the profession. The effect of the Internet and its role in the area of information science and librarianship is examined thoroughly through the addition of a new chapter. This is an essential work for anyone working in the area of information science and librarianship and will contribute considerably to the literature of the profession. Professor Brian C. Vickery is one of the foremost specialists in this area and his work is renowned internationally."
  • "Review text: "Tous y trouveront un matériau riche pour acquérir ou consolider une culture professionnelle nécessaire...." (Bulletin des Bibliothèques de France, Paris, No. 5, 2004) "... ist dieses Lehrbuch nicht nur ein Klassiker, sondern gibt unverändert einen Überblick über das Fach, wie es ihn in der deutschsprachigen Informationswissenschaft bisher nicht gegeben hat." (BIBLIOTHEK Forschung und Praxis, München, Nr. 2, 2005) "This book deserves a place on the shelf of those who teach and practice scholarship in the information sciences, as it provides an account - at times personal and idiosyncratic - of the nature of the subject by an author who made great contributions its development. It can rightly continue to be regarded as a classic. It should also be of value to researchers, who may well find inspiration and new ideas from the wealth of detailed examples and commentary presented. (Journal of Documentation, West Yorkshire, Nr. 5, 2005)."
  • "Brian Vickery (emeritus, U. College London; Alina Vickery died in 2001) updates the student and professional text that presents and discusses a scientific understanding of the processes of information transfer. The transfer, he says, is a human, social activity, the transfer of meaning from one pers."@en
  • "An introduction to the field of information science text that covers the most recent changes to affect the profession, including the Internet and its role in information science and librarianship. Of academic and professional interest."@en
  • "Chapter 10 includes statistics of the mass media in the United Kingdom."@en

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  • "Livres électroniques"
  • "Electronic reference sources"@en
  • "Lehrbuch"
  • "Handboeken (vorm)"
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  • "Handbuch"
  • "Online-Publikation"

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  • "Informaciona nauka u teoriji i praksi"
  • "Information science : in theory and practice"
  • "Information science in theory and practice"@en
  • "Information science in theory and practice"
  • "Information Science in Theory and Practice"@en
  • "Information Science in Theory and Practice"

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