The Art and science of documentation management / Graziella Tonfoni with Lakhmi Jain.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tonfoni, Graziella.

Contributor:

Jain, L. C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Records--Management.

Records.

Information storage and retrieval systems.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (314 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol, UK : Intellect Books, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As information becomes increasingly accessible through newly-introduced technologies, the human mind seeks a more comprehensive interpretation of the world in which we live. In order to manage this information overload, we must carefully reconsider our attitude towards documentation. While acknowledging the value of the standard guidebooks' hard rules on documentation management, Tonfoni advocates a new approach that promotes additional skills required for consistent decision-making, such as information sensitivity. This book has been conceived as a movie on paper, and as such, can be consider

Contents:

Preliminaries; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; Chapter One: Documentation Management: an Art and a Science; Chapter Two: Documentation Management through Metaphors and Analogies; Chapter Three: On Envisioning Documentation; Chapter Four: On Iconizing Documentation; Chapter Five: On Visualizing Documentation; Chapter Six: A Few More Exercises; Chapter Seven: Conclusions; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781841508756

9786610476688

9781280476686

1280476680

9781841508757

1841508756

OCLC:

476029274