Searching for information--and succeeding in finding it--is a more interesting and complex process than is usually recognized. Even the most sophisticated autom
Information is the focus of numerous disciplines and professions--information science, knowledge management, social studies of information, digital humanities,
In order to be effective for their users, information retrieval (IR) systems should be adapted to the specific needs of particular environments. The huge and gr
""Information" is a word that is much used and discussed, but with little agreement on its meaning. Yet it forms the professional focus and intellectual content
In The Modern Invention of Information: Discourse, History, and Power, Ronald E. Day provides a historically informed critical analysis of the concept and polit
