Ebook: Information Spaces: The Architecture of Cyberspace

Information Spaces: The Architecture of Cyberspace is aimed at students taking information management as a minor in their course as well as those who manage document collections but who are not professional librarians. The first part of this book looks at how users find documents and the problems they have; the second part discusses how to manage the information space using various tools such as classification and controlled vocabularies. It also explores the general issues of publishing, including legal considerations, as well the main issues of creating and managing archives. Supported by exercises and discussion questions at the end of each chapter, the book includes some sample assignments suitable for use with students of this subject. A glossary is also provided to help readers understand the specialised vocabulary and the key concepts in the design and assessment of information spaces.

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Information Spaces: The Architecture of Cyberspace is aimed at students taking information management as a minor in their course as well as those who manage document collections but who are not professional librarians. The first part of this book looks at how users find documents and the problems they have; the second part discusses how to manage the information space using various tools such as classification and controlled vocabularies. It also explores the general issues of publishing, including legal considerations, as well the main issues of creating and managing archives. Supported by exercises and discussion questions at the end of each chapter, the book includes some sample assignments suitable for use with students of this subject. A glossary is also provided to help readers understand the specialised vocabulary and the key concepts in the design and assessment of information spaces.

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Information Spaces: The Architecture of Cyberspace is aimed at students taking information management as a minor in their course as well as those who manage document collections but who are not professional librarians. The first part of this book looks at how users find documents and the problems they have; the second part discusses how to manage the information space using various tools such as classification and controlled vocabularies. It also explores the general issues of publishing, including legal considerations, as well the main issues of creating and managing archives. Supported by exercises and discussion questions at the end of each chapter, the book includes some sample assignments suitable for use with students of this subject. A glossary is also provided to help readers understand the specialised vocabulary and the key concepts in the design and assessment of information spaces.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Introduction....Pages 1-3
Overview....Pages 4-10
Text retrieval....Pages 11-28
Describing information objects....Pages 29-43
Browsing: Hypertext....Pages 44-59
World Wide Web....Pages 60-72
Structured Documents: XML....Pages 73-86
Controlled vocabulary....Pages 87-101
Semantic dimensions....Pages 102-118
Classification in context....Pages 119-137
Large classification systems....Pages 138-155
Descriptors....Pages 156-172
Visualization....Pages 173-188
Archiving....Pages 189-195
Quality....Pages 196-205
Back Matter....Pages 206-250

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Information Spaces: The Architecture of Cyberspace is aimed at students taking information management as a minor in their course as well as those who manage document collections but who are not professional librarians. The first part of this book looks at how users find documents and the problems they have; the second part discusses how to manage the information space using various tools such as classification and controlled vocabularies. It also explores the general issues of publishing, including legal considerations, as well the main issues of creating and managing archives. Supported by exercises and discussion questions at the end of each chapter, the book includes some sample assignments suitable for use with students of this subject. A glossary is also provided to help readers understand the specialised vocabulary and the key concepts in the design and assessment of information spaces.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Introduction....Pages 1-3
Overview....Pages 4-10
Text retrieval....Pages 11-28
Describing information objects....Pages 29-43
Browsing: Hypertext....Pages 44-59
World Wide Web....Pages 60-72
Structured Documents: XML....Pages 73-86
Controlled vocabulary....Pages 87-101
Semantic dimensions....Pages 102-118
Classification in context....Pages 119-137
Large classification systems....Pages 138-155
Descriptors....Pages 156-172
Visualization....Pages 173-188
Archiving....Pages 189-195
Quality....Pages 196-205
Back Matter....Pages 206-250
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