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information as thing: a standalone construct

One name. One construct. A landmark on the map.

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informationas thing1 CONSTRUCTInformation as thingBUCKLAND · LIBRARY AND

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Library and information science

information understood as physical objects such as documents and data, the only one of three meanings of information that systems can handle directly.

In library and information science, information as thing refers to information understood as physical objects such as documents and data, the only one of three meanings of information that systems can handle directly. This meaning comes from Buckland (1991) in Journal of the American Society for Information Science.[1]

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information4 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, four constructslibrary1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct

References

  1. Buckland, M. K. (1991). Information as thing. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 42(5), 351-360. https://doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1097-4571(199106)42:5<351::aid-asi5>3.0.co;2-3

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