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The second edition of this definitive text gives a comprehensive overview of all aspects of the subject, bringing it up-to-date with analysis of the changes in the information environment, now largely digital, and their implication for the discipline and professions. Its approach is rooted in the philosophical, theoretical, and conceptual foundations of the subject and in particular in Floridi's ideas of the fourth revolution, hyperhistory, and onlife. The theory-practice relationship is strongly emphasised throughout, and the extensive literature coverage makes this a valuable sourcebook. This second edition is extensively revised, with largely new text, illustrations, and resources, and offers a global perspective.The main topics covered include:foundations: philosophies, theories, concepts, ethics, and historical perspectivesorganising, retrieving, and analysing information and datainformation behaviour, domain analysis, and digital literaciesdigital technologies, information systems, and information managementinformation research methods and informetricschanging modes of information communication, and information societythe nature and future of the information disciplines and professions.This book will be a standard text for students of library and information disciplines, including information science, librarianship, information and knowledge management, archives and records management, and digital humanities. It will also serve as an introduction for those beginning research in these areas, and as a resource for thoughtful and reflective practitioners. Table of contents :-PrefaceList of acronymsForeword by Luciano Floridi1 The information science discipline2 History of information: the story of documents 3 Philosophies of information 4 Paradigms, turns, and theories in the information sciences 5 Information6 Documents and documentation7 Domain analysis 8 Information organization9 Digital technologies and data systems10 Information systems 11 Informetrics 12 Information behaviour 13 Communicating information: changing contexts 14 Information management and policy 15 Information law and ethics 16 Information society17 Digital (onlife) literacies18 Research in the information sciences19 The future of the information sciencesAdditional resources