Understanding information systems

Ratzan, Lee.

Understanding information systems what they do and why we need them / [electronic resource] : Lee Ratzan. - Chicago : American Library Association, 2004. - xvi, 253 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-245) and index.

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.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Information science.
Information storage and retrieval systems.
Computer science--Popular works.
Mathematics--Popular works.


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