Information of the Image

by Allan D. Pratt

Overview

This book is an exploration of, not an explanation of, information (in its recorded form), and the keepers of those records, the librarians. It presents a model of the way in which recorded messages are generated by and used by people, and it discusses the role of the intermediary-the librarian-whose task is to bring together those messages with people who would make use of them in some way.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781567503463
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	01/16/1998
Series:	Contemporary Studies in Information Management, Policies, and Services
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	1
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.38(d)

Table of Contents

Introductuion
PART I: PRINCIPLES
The Image
The Model
The Purposes of Graphic Records
Information and Information Science
Librarianship
Library-Like-Systems
PART II: PRACTICALITIES
The Mission of the Public Library
Public Libraries: A Approach to Funding
New Technologies, New Responsibilities
Myths
Conclusion
References
Author Index
Subject Index.