Publisher's Synopsis
This title features 693 authoritative contributions by nearly 1,000 of the world's leading experts from 50 countries on all aspects of information science and technologies. It offers a comprehensive coverage of critical issues related to utilization and management of information science and technology; includes more than 9,300 references to existing literature and research on information science and technologies; and, presents a compendium of over 5,400 key terms with detailed definitions. The title is organized by topic and indexed making it a convenient method of reference for all IT/IS scholars and professionals.