Information And Documentation

Author : Ronald E. Day
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262028212
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Indexing It All written by Ronald E. Day and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2014-09-12 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A critical history of the modern tradition of documentation, tracing the representation of individuals and groups in the form of documents, information, and data. In this book, Ronald Day offers a critical history of the modern tradition of documentation. Focusing on the documentary index (understood as a mode of social positioning), and drawing on the work of the French documentalist Suzanne Briet, Day explores the understanding and uses of indexicality. He examines the transition as indexes went from being explicit professional structures that mediated users and documents to being implicit infrastructural devices used in everyday information and communication acts. Doing so, he also traces three epistemic eras in the representation of individuals and groups, first in the forms of documents, then information, then data. Day investigates five cases from the modern tradition of documentation. He considers the socio-technical instrumentalism of Paul Otlet, “the father of European documentation” (contrasting it to the hermeneutic perspective of Martin Heidegger); the shift from documentation to information science and the accompanying transformation of persons and texts into users and information; social media's use of algorithms, further subsuming persons and texts; attempts to build android robots—to embody human agency within an information system that resembles a human being; and social “big data” as a technique of neoliberal governance that employs indexing and analytics for purposes of surveillance. Finally, Day considers the status of critique and judgment at a time when people and their rights of judgment are increasingly mediated, displaced, and replaced by modern documentary techniques.

Author : Wilmer O. Maedke
Publisher : Beverly Hills : Glencoe Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Information and Records Management written by Wilmer O. Maedke and published by Beverly Hills : Glencoe Press. This book was released on 1974 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The role of records management; Records organization and evaluation procedures; Active records control; Records creation control; Inactive records control; Micrographics; Information management and related technologies.

Author : Bernd Frohmann
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 9780802088390
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Deflating Information written by Bernd Frohmann and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Deflating Information, Bernd Frohmann draws on recent work in the social studies of science, finding the most significant material in the coordination of research work, the stabilization of matters of fact, and the manufacture of objectivity.

Author : Robin Letellier
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317742931
Total Pages : 1458 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Recording, Documentation and Information Management for the Conservation of Heritage Places written by Robin Letellier and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-12-22 with total page 1458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This two volume guide provides a comprehensive overview of the fundamental principles and guidelines for documenting cultural heritage places. It seeks to aid heritage managers and decision makers in understanding their roles and responsibilities inn this essential activity. Volume 1 (Guiding Principles) explains why heritage managers must make sure that heritage information fully integrated into all research, investigation and conservation activities. Through the discussion of basic principles, benefits and new approaches, it assists those in charge of preserving immovable cultural heritage by bringing current heritage information practices to a new level. By recording we create a reference for evaluating change and add to the understanding of a site. By documenting we guarantee that information is systematically collected and preserved for future use. By managing the information we make it available and provide a basis for sharing our knowledge and understanding. Volume 2 presents illustrated examples from around the world. Good documentation of a site allows for better understanding of the site's value. Recognizing value and significance is often the first step toward a site's eventual conservation. The information obtained through the documentation process allows conservation professionals to record current conditions, consider appropriate conservation options, plan interventions, apply treatments, and finally, measure the results of their efforts. Documentation can be a tool in resolving a conservation issue. This volume presents several illustration examples from around the world, in various stages of conservation.

Author : Niels Lund
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781783301898
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Introduction to Documentation Studies written by Niels Lund and published by . This book was released on 2018-12-31 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Documentation has always been crucial in human society. Today almost all communication are being stored digitally. In order to deal systematically and coherently with old and new media in the world today, you have to deal with the physical as well as the social and cultural context. Alongside this, there is now increasing interest in documentation theory and science, and documentation studies has become a distinctly lively field of research as well as a basis for professional practice in libraries, archives and museums. This groundbreaking new book introduces and demonstrates the value and relevance of a new approach to the documentation, communication and information field, complementary to the traditional library, information and archival sciences. It offers an introduction to documentation studies - a new discipline within the overall information studies umbrella - and gives a broad and general theory for documentation. It outlines the historical background and the theoretical foundation for the discipline by giving insight into documentation issues and processes from early modern society to today's digital age: not only in the context of academic study, but also in the practice of documentation, both in everyday life and in professional life. Key topics covered include: Human life in a documentation perspective Documentation in theory Documentation: a conceptual history A complementary theory of documentation A model for documentation analysis Documentation in practice: 6 case studies Documentation in society The science and profession of documentation. This unique text outlines the main scientific purpose and objective of the science of documentation; to study documentation in society. It also describes the main skills for a documentalist in the 21st century; to be able to select, collect and make accessible all documentation of possible interest for the general public as well as research. This book will be pivotal reading for students (advanced undergraduate and graduate), researchers, and faculty in library science, information science, records management, publishing, media studies, cultural studies, archival studies, and information systems. It will also be of interest to thoughtful professionals in libraries, archives, records and media. 010

Author : Philip Becnel
Publisher : Charles C Thomas Publisher
ISBN 13 : 039809439X
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Principles of Investigative Documentation (2nd Edition) written by Philip Becnel and published by Charles C Thomas Publisher. This book was released on 2024-01-10 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the only book in existence that discusses the process of documenting an investigation from start to finish. It presents just about everything an investigator needs to know regarding how to document an investigation. This new edition builds upon the principles outlined in the first edition, but the new edition has a criminal defense bent, with numerous case examples provided that include insurance claims and civil litigation, criminal defense, murders, sexual assaults, and other serious felonies, particularly wrongful convictions. These require meticulous documentation. Proper documentation matters most in criminal cases. This book therefore will focus also on the rights of those accused of crimes. The first chapter discusses the five primary principles of investigative documentation: taking comprehensive notes; documenting every effort to contact witnesses and all surveillance; preparing reports whenever there is any possibility of needing to testify; taking verbatim statements from hostile witnesses and declarations from friendly witnesses; and providing all case documents to the client or maintaining a document retention plan. The second chapter details the numerous misconceptions pertaining to investigative documentation. This chapter sets the stage for the remaining chapters on note-taking, running resumes, reports, statements, and documentation retention. Each chapter is broken down into four or five sections that approximate the methods used to complete that particular documentary endeavor. The book also contains an exhaustive appendix that many investigators will find to be very useful. This is an advanced book for people who already have the necessary skills to do an investigation. By following the principles outlined in this book, investigators will see the quality of their investigations improve markedly and ultimately be more successful. Although the authors have chosen to refocus the second edition on criminal defense investigations, where proper documentation is most important, the principles herein remain the benchmark of how to document any investigation in the private sector.

Author : Sam Dubberley
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0198836066
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Digital Witness written by Sam Dubberley and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2020 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers the developing field of open source research and discusses how to use social media, satellite imagery, big data analytics, and user-generated content to strengthen human rights research and investigations. The topics are presented in an accessible format through extensive use of images and data visualization (éditeur).

Author : Cyrille Martraire
Publisher : Addison-Wesley Professional
ISBN 13 : 9780134689326
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Living Documentation written by Cyrille Martraire and published by Addison-Wesley Professional. This book was released on 2018-11-14 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Use an Approach Inspired by Domain-Driven Design to Build Documentation That Evolves to Maximize Value Throughout Your Development Lifecycle Software documentation can come to life, stay dynamic, and actually help you build better software. Writing for developers, coding architects, and other software professionals, Living Documentation shows how to create documentation that evolves throughout your entire design and development lifecycle. Through patterns, clarifying illustrations, and concrete examples, Cyrille Martraire demonstrates how to use well-crafted artifacts and automation to dramatically improve the value of documentation at minimal extra cost. Whatever your domain, language, or technologies, you don't have to choose between working software and comprehensive, high-quality documentation: you can have both. · Extract and augment available knowledge, and make it useful through living curation · Automate the creation of documentation and diagrams that evolve as knowledge changes · Use development tools to refactor documentation · Leverage documentation to improve software designs · Introduce living documentation to new and legacy environments

Author : Irene Frakas Conn
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 : 0313255059
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book From Documentation to Information Science written by Irene Frakas Conn and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1990-12-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As fast-paced technical changes are transforming the field of information science, this book explores in depth the early stages of the field through the history of the American Society for Information Science (ASIS), which began in 1937 as the American Documentation Institute (ADI). ADIs early years coincided with the period when the organization, communication, and retrieval of information began to undergo critical changes. At this time, its appointed members represented the scientific and scholarly elite of the country. ADI offered innovative services that allowed research workers to obtain published information from remote sources and initiated a new channel for distribution of unpublished data. Only in the early 1950s did ADI become a membership organization. Examining this period, Irene Farkas-Conn raises important questions: How did the ADI come about? Did its founding signal the beginning of a new profession? Was it then, or still now, a technology-driven organization? Bringing together her knowledge of organizations, insights gained from interviews with key actors, and analysis of archival collections and private papers, she reconstitutes the emergence of the field as the history of ASIS is covered. Beginning with a detailed survey of the post-World War I period that preceded the creation of ADI covering topics such as the impact of national science, the introduction of microfilm for dissemination of scientific and scholarly information, copywright and documentation in the mid-1930s, she leads up to a discussion of the establishment and early years of the institute. The next sections covering World War II and the post-war period bring out the tie between the organization of wartime research and development and scientific communication, which contributed to the winning of the war. The concept of a Scientific Information Institute that would embrace bibliography, announcement, and distribution of scientific work, which Watson Davis developed in the 30s, was being realized in the postwar period when the cumulated results of wartime research had to be made avaliable to the public under presidential order. The remaining chapters chart international interests, restructuring of the institute, and the role of government and the profession in a changed society. The book includes a selected bibliography embodied in the endnotes and an index.

Author : Claire Guinchat
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book General Introduction to the Techniques of Information and Documentation Work written by Claire Guinchat and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: UNESCO pub. Introductory textbook on library science and documentation methodology - covers in modular form reference material, acquisitions, storage, classification, cataloguing, indexing, abstracting, essentials of library automation, information dissemination, information retrieval, information services, library networking, standardization, training of information users, library management, vocational training of librarians and documentalists, etc. ISIS and ILO mentioned. Bibliography, flow charts and illustrations.