Overview
This work continues to address the challenge posed by the 1985 Panizzi lectures, of articulating an intellectual principle to connect computing to books. It brings historical and humanistic perspectives to bear on contemporary information developments.
Full Product Details
Author: Julian Warner
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Imprint: Scarecrow Press
Dimensions:
Width: 14.20cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 22.40cm
Weight: 0.313kg
ISBN: 9780810839892
ISBN 10: 081083989
Pages: 168
Publication Date: 14 May 2001
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability: Awaiting stock
Reviews
Students of information science should be enlightened and intrigued by [Information, Knowledge, Text]. Warner's book is to be recommended for the value it brings to the librarian's intellectual life. College and Research Libraries Warner's book is to be recommended for the value it brings to the librarian's intellectual life. American Library Association ...Warner has written a very thoughtful and well-informed book that definitely deserves attention. His historical exposition of writing and the computer, and the connection between these, as information technologies that shape human activities, is enlightening. Journal Of The American Society For Information and Technology
Students of information science should be enlightened and intrigued by [Information, Knowledge, Text]. Warner's book is to be recommended for the value it brings to the librarian's intellectual life. College & Research Libraries Warner's book is to be recommended for the value it brings to the librarian's intellectual life. American Libraries ...Warner has written a very thoughtful and well-informed book that definitely deserves attention. His historical exposition of writing and the computer, and the connection between these, as information technologies that shape human activities, is enlightening. Jasist (Journal of the American Society for Information & Technology)
Students of information science should be enlightened and intrigued by [Information, Knowledge, Text]. Warner's book is to be recommended for the value it brings to the librarian's intellectual life. College & Research Libraries Warner's book is to be recommended for the value it brings to the librarian's intellectual life. American Libraries ...Warner has written a very thoughtful and well-informed book that definitely deserves attention. His historical exposition of writing and the computer, and the connection between these, as information technologies that shape human activities, is enlightening. Journal Of The American Society For Information and Technology
Students of information science should be enlightened and intrigued by [Information, Knowledge, Text]. Warner's book is to be recommended for the value it brings to the librarian's intellectual life. College & Research Libraries (C&RL) Warner's book is to be recommended for the value it brings to the librarian's intellectual life. American Libraries ...Warner has written a very thoughtful and well-informed book that definitely deserves attention. His historical exposition of writing and the computer, and the connection between these, as information technologies that shape human activities, is enlightening. Jasist (Journal of the American Society for Information & Technology)
Author Information
Julian Warner is a faculty member in information studies at the Queen's University of Belfast and has been a visiting scholar at the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is also the former chair of the Special Interest Group on the History and Foundations of Information Science.
