The Early Information Society: Information Management in Britain before the Computer
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Yet for millennia humans have been recording knowledge and culture, engaging in the dissemination and preservation of information. In support of this they examine the history and traditions in Britain of two separate but related information-rich occupations - information management and information science - repositioning their origins before the age of the computer and identifying the forces driving their early development.
It will be essential reading for students, researchers and practitioners in the library and information science field, and for sociologists and historians interested in the information society. Table of Contents Contents: Preface; Part I Overview: The information society before the computer, Alistair Black and Dave Muddiman. Science, industry and the state: A pre-history of the learning organisation: Education for the early information professions in Britain, c, Helen Plant; Women's employment in industrial libraries and information bureaux in Britain c, Helen Plant.
Reviews 'Like all good historians, Black, Muddiman and Plant bring to vivid life what has passed out of current memory, in this case a number of startling developments in information management in Britain in the first half of the twentieth century, long before computers emerged on the scene.
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The stories they tell are fascinating. Their analyses are subtle, crisp and provocative. Their scholarship is impeccable. Inhabiting the new Information Society, the pressing need is to adapt so that we may prosper.
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Home The Early Information Society: Information Management in Britain before the Computer. The Early Information Society: Add to Wish List. Toggle navigation Additional Book Information. Summary Whether termed the 'network society', the 'knowledge society' or the 'information society', it is widely accepted that a new age has dawned, unveiled by powerful computer and communication technologies.
Yet for millennia humans have been recording knowledge and culture, engaging in the dissemination and preservation of information. In support of this they examine the history and traditions in Britain of two separate but related information-rich occupations - information management and information science - repositioning their origins before the age of the computer and identifying the forces driving their early development.
It will be essential reading for students, researchers and practitioners in the library and information science field, and for sociologists and historians interested in the information society. Table of Contents Contents: Preface; Part I Overview: The information society before the computer, Alistair Black and Dave Muddiman.
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Science, industry and the state: A pre-history of the learning organisation: Education for the early information professions in Britain, c, Helen Plant; Women's employment in industrial libraries and information bureaux in Britain c, Helen Plant. Reviews 'Like all good historians, Black, Muddiman and Plant bring to vivid life what has passed out of current memory, in this case a number of startling developments in information management in Britain in the first half of the twentieth century, long before computers emerged on the scene.
The stories they tell are fascinating. Their analyses are subtle, crisp and provocative. Their scholarship is impeccable. Inhabiting the new Information Society, the pressing need is to adapt so that we may prosper. The past scarcely seems relevant. If you think that, then you need this book.