David Bawden is Professor of Information Science at City, University of London, and editor of Journal of Documentation, and has published extensively in library and information science.Lyn Robinson is Reader in Library and Information Science and Head of CityLIS at City, University of London. She is a well-known writer and presenter, and author of Understanding Healthcare Information (2013).

• Preface List of acronyms Foreword by Luciano Floridi 1 The information science discipline2 History of information: the story of documents 3 Philosophies of information 4 Paradigms, turns, and theories in the information sciences 5 Information 6 Documents and documentation 7 Domain analysis 8 Information organization 9 Digital technologies and data systems 10 Information systems 11 Informetrics 12 Information behaviour 13 Communicating information: changing contexts 14 Information management and policy 15 Information law and ethics 16 Information society 17 Digital (onlife) literacies 18 Research in the information sciences 19 The future of the information sciences Additional resources

David Bawden is Professor of Information Science at City, University of London, and editor of Journal of Documentation, and has published extensively in library and information science.Lyn Robinson is Reader in Library and Information Science and Head of CityLIS at City, University of London. She is a well-known writer and presenter, and author of Understanding Healthcare Information (2013).

• Preface List of acronyms Foreword by Luciano Floridi 1 The information science discipline2 History of information: the story of documents 3 Philosophies of information 4 Paradigms, turns, and theories in the information sciences 5 Information 6 Documents and documentation 7 Domain analysis 8 Information organization 9 Digital technologies and data systems 10 Information systems 11 Informetrics 12 Information behaviour 13 Communicating information: changing contexts 14 Information management and policy 15 Information law and ethics 16 Information society 17 Digital (onlife) literacies 18 Research in the information sciences 19 The future of the information sciences Additional resources

David Bawden is Professor of Information Science at City, University of London, and editor of Journal of Documentation, and has published extensively in library and information science.Lyn Robinson is Reader in Library and Information Science and Head of CityLIS at City, University of London. She is a well-known writer and presenter, and author of Understanding Healthcare Information (2013).

• Preface List of acronyms Foreword by Luciano Floridi 1 The information science discipline2 History of information: the story of documents 3 Philosophies of information 4 Paradigms, turns, and theories in the information sciences 5 Information 6 Documents and documentation 7 Domain analysis 8 Information organization 9 Digital technologies and data systems 10 Information systems 11 Informetrics 12 Information behaviour 13 Communicating information: changing contexts 14 Information management and policy 15 Information law and ethics 16 Information society 17 Digital (onlife) literacies 18 Research in the information sciences 19 The future of the information sciences Additional resources