The Subject Approach to Information

The Subject Approach to Information
Author: Antony Charles Foskett
Publisher: Facet Publishing
Total Pages: 473
Release: 1996
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1856040488

The Internet and World Wide Web have made access to information easy but do not solve the problems of finding exactly what is wanted, to the point of overwhelming the reader with information. Since the first edition of this classic librarianship text appeared, the development of computer technology has meant that the organization of information has become a hugely complex area. This fifth edition places emphasis on the intellectual effort required to make meaningful use of the enormous amount of information now accessible to the searcher. Fully revised and updated in comprehensive detail that includes bibliographies, ample examples and quotations, it focuses on: information retrieval systems database access systems online searching and OPACs hypertext networked systems. Foskett describes how we search for information by looking at the problems involved, at the theoretical principles suggested as solutions and their practical realization as classification schemes, lists of subject headings and thesauri. Readership: This influential text is widely acknowledged to be essential reading for all students of librarianship and information management, and an invaluable reference tool for practising library and information professionals.

Information Seeking and Subject Representation

Information Seeking and Subject Representation
Author: Birger Hjorland
Publisher: Praeger
Total Pages: 230
Release: 1997-07-16
Genre: Education
ISBN:

Information science has for a long time been drawing on the knowledge produced in psychology and related fields. This is reasonable, for the central issue in information science concerns individual users navigating information spaces such as libraries, databases, and the Internet. Thus, information seeking is the fundamental problem in information science, while other problems, such as document representation, are subordinate. This book proposes a general theory of information seeking as a theoretical basis for information science. The volume begins with an examination of subject representation and retrieval. It then considers subject analysis and the organization of knowledge, the interpretational processes by which documents are analyzed, and their explicit subject retrieval data are created. Existing theories are then criticized from four epistemological perspectives, and the author argues that information science should be based on methodological collectivism, in which society, rather than the individual, determines the meaning of knowledge. The work then analyzes information seeking as a methodologically collectivistic activity. The volume begins with an examination of subject representation and retrieval. It then considers subject analysis and the organization of knowledge, the interpretational processes by which documents are analyzed, and their explicit subject retrieval data are created. Existing theories are then criticized from four epistemological perspectives, and the author argues that information science should be based on methodological collectivism, in which society, rather than the individual, determines the meaning of knowledge. The work then analyzes information seeking as a methodologically collectivistic activity.

Information-Theoretic Methods in Data Science

Information-Theoretic Methods in Data Science
Author: Miguel R. D. Rodrigues
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 561
Release: 2021-04-08
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1108427138

The first unified treatment of the interface between information theory and emerging topics in data science, written in a clear, tutorial style. Covering topics such as data acquisition, representation, analysis, and communication, it is ideal for graduate students and researchers in information theory, signal processing, and machine learning.

Introduction to Information Retrieval

Introduction to Information Retrieval
Author: Christopher D. Manning
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages:
Release: 2008-07-07
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1139472100

Class-tested and coherent, this textbook teaches classical and web information retrieval, including web search and the related areas of text classification and text clustering from basic concepts. It gives an up-to-date treatment of all aspects of the design and implementation of systems for gathering, indexing, and searching documents; methods for evaluating systems; and an introduction to the use of machine learning methods on text collections. All the important ideas are explained using examples and figures, making it perfect for introductory courses in information retrieval for advanced undergraduates and graduate students in computer science. Based on feedback from extensive classroom experience, the book has been carefully structured in order to make teaching more natural and effective. Slides and additional exercises (with solutions for lecturers) are also available through the book's supporting website to help course instructors prepare their lectures.

Information and Power in History

Information and Power in History
Author: Ida Nijenhuis
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2020-01-29
Genre: History
ISBN: 0429797885

The relationship between information and power is a relevant subject for all times. Today’s perceived ‘information revolution’ has caused information to become a separate object of study during the last two decades for several disciplines. As the contemporary perspective is dominant, information history as a discipline of its own has not yet crystallized. In bringing together studies around a new research agenda on the relationship between information and power across time and space, presenting various governance regimes, media, materials, and modes of communication, this book forces us to rethink the prospects and challenges for such a new discipline.

POLICIES OF BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE USING BIG DATA ANALYTICS

POLICIES OF BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE USING BIG DATA ANALYTICS
Author: Dr. Yogesh Kumar Sharma , Dr. Rajendra Patil , Mr. Sachin Bhosale , Mr. Vinayak Pujari, Dr. Raju Shanmugam, Dr. Thirunavukkarasu Kannapiran
Publisher: Ashok Yakkaldevi
Total Pages: 243
Release: 2020-12-10
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1716357152

One approach to build up a valuable point of view about what business knowledge (BI) is and its significance in the business world is to take a gander at what business individuals talk about when the subject is BI. Building up a BI Strategy utilizing the techniques we'll portray in this book is a human serious procedure—as it ought to be. We can use demonstrated methods, however the nature of the results depends to a noteworthy degree on "getting into the heads" of key heads and chiefs. How would they see their reality, what are they hoping to achieve, and how would they need BI to support them? We can construct a business case that is "slug verification" from a consistent, corporate point of view, yet it likewise needs to reverberate with businessmen on a more instinctive level that squares with what they accept they would have the option to accomplish on the off chance that they would do well to BI. So to put a human face on BI, this section will step through the business difficulties and BI holes recognized by top heads in an assembling organization we'll call Big Brand Foods (BBF). We'll at that point sum up the BI Vision and BI Portfolio that risen up out of the system definition procedure and offer a few speculations about BI openings (BIOs) for other assembling organizations. While we've picked an assembling organization for this BI contextual investigation, the rationale and procedure of recognizing industry challenges, organization systems, utilitarian difficulties, and BIOs applies to any organization in any industry. Further, the perspectives on heads in the distinctive business capacities might be of incentive to chiefs in a similar capacity yet various businesses.

Educational Research and Innovation Measuring Innovation in Education 2023 Tools and Methods for Data-Driven Action and Improvement

Educational Research and Innovation Measuring Innovation in Education 2023 Tools and Methods for Data-Driven Action and Improvement
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2023-08-12
Genre:
ISBN: 9264731881

Measuring innovation in education and understanding its drivers and obstacles is essential to improve the quality of the education sector – and of specific educational establishments. Are pedagogical and administrative practices changing in the expected direction?

The Economic Geography of Innovation

The Economic Geography of Innovation
Author: Karen R. Polenske
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 334
Release: 2007-04-12
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1139462830

This critical addition to the growing literature on innovation contains extensive analyses of the institutional and spatial aspects of innovation. Written by leading scholars in the fields of economic geography, innovation studies, planning, and technology policy, the fourteen chapters cover conceptual and measurement issues in innovation and relevant technology policies. The contributors examine how different institutional factors facilitate or hamper the flows of information and knowledge within and across firms, regions, and nations. In particular, they provide insights into the roles of important institutions such as gender and culture which are often neglected in the innovation literature, and demonstrate the key role which geography plays in the innovation process. Institutions and policy measures which support entrepreneurship and cluster development are also discussed. The result is a comparative picture of the institutional factors underlying innovation systems across the globe.

Recent Advances in School Librarianship

Recent Advances in School Librarianship
Author: Frances Laverne Carroll
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 267
Release: 2014-05-20
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1483157687

Recent Advances in School Librarianship presents several discussions that aim to improve the quality of school library services. The book is comprised of six chapters that cover different issues concerning school librarianship. Chapter I discusses the growth and development of school librarianship, and Chapter II talks about co-operation and planning in school librarianship. Chapters III and IV review the attainment of the educational role of the school librarians, as well as their education. Chapter V examines the development of school library in different countries. Chapter VI provides conclusive discussion regarding the development of school librarianship. The book will be of great interest to individuals who are concerned with the advances of school library services.

Technology, Media Literacy, and the Human Subject

Technology, Media Literacy, and the Human Subject
Author: Richard S. Lewis
Publisher: Open Book Publishers
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2021-06-03
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1800641850

Media literacy is often focused on evaluating the message rather than reflecting on the medium. Bringing together postphenomenology, media ecology, posthumanism, and complexity theory, Richard Lewis’s book offers a method for such a reflection and shows how our everyday media environments constitute us as (post)human subjects: one that is becoming and constitutes through relations – also with our media technologies. An original interdisciplinary effort – including for example the term 'intrasubjective mediation' – and a must-read book for everyone interested in how we become with and through technologies. Prof Mark Coeckelbergh, University of Vienna Technology, Media Literacy, and the Human Subject is a clearly and concisely written book that employs a fruitful transdisciplinary approach. It at once offers an excellent grounding in the literature, whilst simultaneously developing a useful tool for students to reflect deeply and critically upon their own engagement with media. Thoroughly recommended. Alexander Thomas, University of East London What does it mean to be media literate in today’s world? How are we transformed by the many media infrastructures around us? We are immersed in a world mediated by information and communication technologies (ICTs). From hardware like smartphones, smartwatches, and home assistants to software like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Snapchat, our lives have become a complex, interconnected network of relations. Scholarship on media literacy has tended to focus on developing the skills to access, analyze, evaluate, and create media messages without considering or weighing the impact of the technological medium—how it enables and constrains both messages and media users. Additionally, there is often little attention paid to the broader context of interrelations which affect our engagement with media technologies. This book addresses these issues by providing a transdisciplinary method that allows for both practical and theoretical analyses of media investigations. Informed by postphenomenology, media ecology, philosophical posthumanism, and complexity theory the author proposes both a framework and a pragmatic instrument for understanding the multiplicity of relations that all contribute to how we affect—and are affected by—our relations with media technology. The author argues persuasively that the increased awareness provided by this posthuman approach affords us a greater chance for reclaiming some of our agency and provides a sound foundation upon which we can then judge our media relations. This book will be an indispensable tool for educators in media literacy and media studies, as well as academics in philosophy of technology, media and communication studies, and the post-humanities.