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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
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1978
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED183152 |
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- The Information Environment. Education and Curriculum Series No. 3. Syllabus for IST 501. Taylor, Robert S. Curriculum Guides Environment Graduate Study Information Needs Information Services Information Systems Information Utilization Library Education Problems This syllabus outlines a graduate-level introductory overview of the agencies, industries, and services whose primary concerns are the creation, processing, storage, distribution, and use of information; also considered are questions relating to technological impact, the role of the information professional, and cost-benefits. The course is divided into five parts: (1) general contexts, including preliminary definitions, prehistory, and historical convergences; (2) the information environment today, including technological antecedents, characteristics, and problems; (3) information needs, uses, and users; (4) the functions, processes, and products of formal information agencies and systems; and (5) critical problems dealing with economic considerations, legal constraints, professionalism, and estimating the future. A selected bibliography arranged by the syllabus topics is provided. (FM)