Handbook on Information Sciences

Edited by Peter Heisig, Professor of Information and Knowledge Management, Department of Information Sciences, University of Applied Sciences Potsdam, Germany

‘This handy Handbook is an outstanding, comprehensive, and indispensable resource for students, scholars, and practitioners in computer science, economics, information sciences, KM, sociology, technology, and ICT. It seamlessly integrates foundational theories with practical methodologies, providing deep insights into information sciences and research practices. In essence, it serves as a definitive and invaluable, and handy reference.’

• Contents:1 Introduction to the H�a�n�d�b�o�o�k� �o�n� �I�n�f�o�r�m�a�t�i�o�n� �S�c�i�e�n�c�e�s�: the discipline of and for the information society 1 P�e�t�e�r� �H�e�i�s�i�g� �2 History of information science 7 C�a�r�l�o�s� �A�l�b�e�r�t�o� �Áv�i�l�a� �A�r�a�új�o� �3 Concepts in information science 27 M�a�t�t�h�e�w� �K�e�l�l�y� �4 Classification and Knowledge Organization 42 T�h�i�a�g�o� �H�e�n�r�i�q�u�e� �B�r�a�g�a�t�o� �B�a�r�r�o�s� �a�n�d� �I�s�a�d�o�r�a� �V�i�c�t�o�r�i�n�o� �E�v�a�n�g�e�l�i�s�t�a� �5 Document theory 59 R�o�s�w�i�t�h�a� �S�k�a�r�e� �6 Information need: what is it? 73 C�h�a�r�l�e�s� �C�o�l�e� �a�n�d� �T�h�o�m�a�s� �D�.� �W�i�l�s�o�n� �7 Information behaviour 98 H�a�n�s�-�C�h�r�i�s�t�o�p�h� �H�o�b�o�h�m� �8 Models of information-seeking behaviour 117 J�o�a�n� �C�.� �B�a�r�t�l�e�t�t� �9 Information retrieval: core techniques, issues, current and future developments 137 T�h�o�m�a�s� �M�a�n�d�l� �a�n�d� �J�u�l�i�a� �M�a�r�i�a� �S�t�r�u�ß �10 Diversification of research methods in information science 152 B�r�a�d�y� �D�.� �L�u�n�d� �11 Experimental research in Library and Information Science 167 I�l�j�a� �F�r�i�s�s�e�n�,� �C�a�t�h�e�r�i�n�e� �H�e�n�d�e�r�s�o�n� �a�n�d� �M�.� �M�a�x� �E�v�a�n�s� �12 Research data management 186 U�l�r�i�k�e� �W�u�t�t�k�e�,� �S�t�e�f�a�n� �S�c�h�m�u�n�k� �a�n�d� �M�i�r�j�a�m� �B�l�üm�m� �13 Informetrics: beyond the citation index 205David Gunnarsson Lorentzen and Gustaf Nelhans14 Information visualization 220Martin J. Eppler15 Knowledge management 229Peter Heisig16 Introduction to data/text mining 256Simon Y. K. Li and Eric Tsui17 Public libraries: from cradle of democracy to community connections 273Anne Goulding18 Four challenges for the information society and the role of information institutions and research 292Jesse David Dinneen19 Information literacy: concepts, research, and promotion 312Joachim Griesbaum, Antje Michel, Stefan Dreisiebner, Maria Gäde and Anke Wittich20 A peek into the future: information science education and training in the fourth industrial revolution era 325Tom Kwanya21 Information sciences and sustainability 342Jan NolinIndex 359