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Understanding information systems : what they do and why we need them / Lee Ratzan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ratzan, Lee.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Information science.
- Information storage and retrieval systems.
- Computer science--Popular works.
- Computer science.
- Mathematics--Popular works.
- Mathematics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (271 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : American Library Association, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- What do librarians need to know to best meet their patron's needs? What exactly are information systems and how do they work? Information expert Ratzan uses plain language, humor, and everyday examples like baseball and arithmetic to make sense of "information systems".
- Contents:
- Describing information
- Representing information
- Organizing information
- Retrieving information
- Networking information
- Securing information
- Concealing information
- Measuring information
- Counting information
- Numbering information
- Managing information
- The computer as an information system
- The Internet as an information system
- Music as an information system
- Interpreting information : numbers as meanings
- Counter-intuitive information.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-245) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8389-9862-3
- OCLC:
- 122371463
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