Understanding information systems
Subtitle: what they do and why we need them
By: Lee Ratzan.
Publisher: American Library Association
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 253
Subjects: Information science.; Information storage and retrieval systems.; Computer science -- Popular works.; Mathematics -- Popular works.
Genres: Popular works.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-245) and index.
Table of contents: title: Describing information; title: Representing information; title: Organizing information; title: Retrieving information; title: Networking information; title: Securing information; title: Concealing information; title: Measuring information; title: Counting information; title: Numbering information; title: Managing information; title: The computer as an information system; title: The Internet as an information system; title: Music as an information system; title: Interpreting information : numbers as meanings; title: Counter-intuitive information.