A short, informal account of our ever-increasing dependence on a complex multiplicity of messages, records, documents, and data.We live in an information society, or so we are often told. But what does that mean? This volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series offers a concise, informal account of the ways in which information and society are related and of our ever-increasing dependence on a complex multiplicity of messages, records, documents, and data. U...

Using information in its everyday, nonspecialized sense, Michael Buckland explores the influence of information on what we know, the role of communication and recorded information in our daily lives, and the difficulty (or ease) of finding information. He shows that all this involves human perception, social behavior, changing technologies, and issues of trust.Buckland argues that every society is an "information society"; a "non-information society" would be a contradiction in ter...

In 1950 Robert L. Gitler went to Japan to found the first college-level school of library science in that country. His mission, an improbable success, was documented in an assisted autobiography as Robert Gitler and the Japan Library School (Scarecrow Press, 1999). Subsequent research into initiatives to improve library services during the Allied occupation has revealed surprising discoveries and human interest of the lives of very diverse individuals.A central role was played by a ...

Embark on a journey to living your most fulfilling, authentic life with the help of life coach Fiona Buckland__________You are not in the waiting room of life. This is it. You sense you have more potential, more to give to your life, more of you - but the way forward isn't clear.You're not alone. This is a practical guide to fulfilling your potential and living authentically - to finding your own path in life, based not upon fleeting...

Brought to you by Penguin.You are standing at a threshold - a place between the path you have been following, and the choice to find another. You sense there is something more: more potential, more to discover, more to give to your life, your relationships, your work and to the world, more of you, but the way forward isn't clear. You're ready to find your own path.You're not alone.This is a guide to the conversation we need to start...