The information resources policy handbook research for the Information Age

To understand the Information Age one must understand the concept of information as a resource. Like other basic resources, such as energy and materials, information resources are building blocks of society. But unlike energy and materials, they are far more abundant and versatile. Information resou...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors Compaine, Benjamin M., Read, William H.
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c1999.
Subjects
Information resources management > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessPlný text

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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword: Into the Age of Information / William O. Baker
  • Preface / Benjamin M. Compaine, William H. Read
  • Introduction: Information Resources: Knowledge and Power in the 21st Century / Anthony G. Oettinger
  • Ageless Issues
  • Telling Ripe from Hype in Multimedia: The Ecstasy and the Agony / Anthony G. Oettinger
  • Will Computer Communication End Geography? / Vincent Mosco
  • New Age Technology
  • A Convergence of Form and Function: Compunications Technologies / Anthony G. Oettinger
  • Understanding Computers and Communications / Robert W. Lucky
  • Understanding Digital / Anthony G. Oettinger
  • Standards: The Rough Road to the Common Byte / Martin C. Libicki
  • Information as a Resource
  • Building Blocks and Bursting Bundles / Anthony G. Oettinger
  • Publishing as a Creature of Technology / Jerome S. Rubin, Janet Wikler
  • Communications--For Better or for Worse / Daniel Bell
  • The Information Business
  • Charting Change: The Harvard Information Business Map / Anthony G. Oettinger, John F. McLaughlin, Anne E. Birinyi
  • Size, Growth, and Trends of the Information Industries, 1987-1996 / Derrick C. Huang
  • Managing Information: Back to Basics / Benjamin M. Compaine, John F. McLaughlin
  • Knowledge as a Strategic Business Resource / William H. Read
  • New Competition and New Media / Benjamin M. Compaine
  • Information Policy
  • Information and Communications Policy Research--More Important, More Neglected / Eli M. Noam
  • Policies for Freedom / Ithiel de Sola Pool.

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