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Information of the Image, Second Edition
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Information of the Image, Second Edition

Allan D. Pratt Allan D. Pratt

January 1998

Praeger

Series: Contemporary Studies in Information Management, Policies, and Services

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This book is an exploration of, not an explanation of, information (in its recorded form), and the keepers of those records, the librarians. It presents a model of the way in which recorded messages are generated by and used by people, and it discusses the role of the intermediary-the librarian-whose task is to bring together those messages with people who would make use of them in some way.
Introductuion
PART I: PRINCIPLES
The Image
The Model
The Purposes of Graphic Records
Information and Information Science
Librarianship
Library-Like-Systems
PART II: PRACTICALITIES
The Mission of the Public Library
Public Libraries: A Approach to Funding
New Technologies, New Responsibilities
Myths
Conclusion
References
Author Index
Subject Index.
Reviews
The author's analyses and extensions of communication, theory, his critque of information sciene, and his forays into new models of librarianship are perceptive, acute, and exiting....The book is a stimulating guide for students of LIS.—Library Review





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