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Author Ratzan, Lee.

Title Understanding information systems : what they do and why we need them / Lee Ratzan.

Publication Info. Chicago : American Library Association, 2004.

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  Z665 .R366 2004    Available  ---
Description xvi, 253 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-245) and index.
Contents Describing information -- Representing information -- Organizing information -- Retrieving information -- Networking information -- Securing information -- Concealing information -- Measuring information -- Counting information -- Numbering information -- Managing information -- The computer as an information system -- The Internet as an information system -- Music as an information system -- Interpreting information : numbers as meanings -- Counter-intuitive information.
Subject Information science.
Information science.
Information storage and retrieval systems.
Information storage and retrieval systems.
Computer science -- Popular works.
Computer science.
Genre/Form Popular works.
Subject Mathematics -- Popular works.
Mathematics.
ISBN 0838908683 paperback alkaline paper