Brian C. O'Connor is a professor at the School of Library and Information Sciences, University of North Texas.Jodi Kearns is digitization project manager at the Archives of the History of American Psychology and adjunct professor in the Instructional Technology Program, College of Education, University of Akron.Richard L. Anderson is the information security coordinator at University of North Texas.

This is not a 'howto' guide for people who want to learn how to style an abstract or create an index. Instead, the authorsambitiously attempt to examine information in various formats and present strategies that librarians can use to better assist patrons find needed information within information systems. This is a dense book for people who like to think about how information is created and the role librarians and their systems have within the search process. Recommended for large libraries that support computer science and/or library science programs.

• 1. Background Concepts and Models2. Considerations of Representation3. Representation, Function, and Utility4. Failures of Representation: Indeterminacy and Depth5. Aboutness and User-Generated Descriptors6. Responses to Indeterminacy7. Doing Things with Word-Based Documents8. Functional Applications of Information Measurement9. Functional Ontology Construction10. Creek Pebbles: A Summary Metaphor and Touchstone for ExplorationReferencesIndex

Brian C. O'Connor is a professor at the School of Library and Information Sciences, University of North Texas.Jodi Kearns is digitization project manager at the Archives of the History of American Psychology and adjunct professor in the Instructional Technology Program, College of Education, University of Akron.Richard L. Anderson is the information security coordinator at University of North Texas.

This is not a 'howto' guide for people who want to learn how to style an abstract or create an index. Instead, the authorsambitiously attempt to examine information in various formats and present strategies that librarians can use to better assist patrons find needed information within information systems. This is a dense book for people who like to think about how information is created and the role librarians and their systems have within the search process. Recommended for large libraries that support computer science and/or library science programs.

• 1. Background Concepts and Models2. Considerations of Representation3. Representation, Function, and Utility4. Failures of Representation: Indeterminacy and Depth5. Aboutness and User-Generated Descriptors6. Responses to Indeterminacy7. Doing Things with Word-Based Documents8. Functional Applications of Information Measurement9. Functional Ontology Construction10. Creek Pebbles: A Summary Metaphor and Touchstone for ExplorationReferencesIndex