Information Science in Action: System Design

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• 7: Impact.
• United States Department of Agriculture Implements Scientific and Technical Information Policy by Management Action.
• Gray Box, Black Box, Gold Box: A Recipe for Blending Man, Machine and Society.
• Economics and Information Science.
• Research, Integrity and Privacy—Notes on a Conceptual Complex.
• Impacts of Information and Communication Systems in Developing Countries.
• Humanizing Information Systems—The Designer’s Responsibility.
• Measures and Models to Assess the Impact of Information on Complex Problem Solving.
• Possible Technical and Social Impacts of Personal Computing.
• Some Problems in Information Policy.
• 8: Resources.
• The Changing Structure of the Knowledge-Producing Labor Force.
• Information Science, A New Discipline..
• A “Social” Approach to Social Science Information.
• Staffing for the Implementation of an Integrated Computer-Assisted Human Resource Planning System.
• Toward a Paradigm for Education in Information Science.
• The Development of Management Information Systems Programs in Schools of Business.
• The Emerging Information Manager Professional.
• V.
• 9: Synopsis of Other Perspectives A. Knowledgment Management.
• What Do We Know About the Scientific/Technical Information System.
• National Systems Analysis of Scientific and Technical Communication.
• B. Design.
• Database Management and Information Systems.
• The Applicability of Existing Measures of Effectiveness to Operational Information Systems.
• Systems Design as Applied to Information Systems: Opportunities and Limitations.
• The Need for Graphical Displays to Effectively Use Large Numerical Data Bases for Decision Making and Problem Solving.
• C. Cognitive Processes Language.
• Information System: Concepts and Constructs.
• The Basic Notions of Semantics and the Possibility ofQuantifying Over Meanings.
• D. Social Issues.
• Research, Integrity and Privacy: Some notes on a Conceptual Complex.
• Systems Specifying Information Systems for Coping with Social Complexity.
• The Information Economy: Implications for Education.
• The Commercial Information Capability in the United States: Manufacturers, Distributors, Retailers and the Technologies.
• E. Resources.
• Required Resources to Support Information Science.
• Technical Segment Addressed: Manpower.
• VI.
• Working Group Reports.
• System Design.
• Applications.
• Impacts.
• Resources.
• List of Participants.
• Author Index.