Information and the Information Professions: Selected Works of Marcia J. Bates, Vol. I

by Marcia J. Bates

Overview

"Information" is a word that is much used and discussed, but with little agreement on its meaning. Yet information forms the professional focus and intellectual content of numerous disciplines and professions---information science, knowledge management, social studies of information, digital humanities, biomedical informatics, library science, archival science, records management, information systems, and many more. In this collection of eighteen professional papers and other texts by Professor Marcia Bates, of UCLA's Department of Information Studies, this pivotal concept is addressed in depth, and its relation to the information professions developed and discussed. A number of professional and disciplinary issues are considered, including definitions of the fields, research paradigms and methodologies, the role of the doctorate in a profession, and the major research content areas of the several fields, with special attention to information science. Finally, the distinctive experience of being a woman graduate student and professor, when that was still rare in American universities, is described. Bates' popular articles, "The Invisible Substrate of Information Science," "Fundamental Forms of Information," "The Information Professions: Knowledge, Memory, Heritage," An Introduction to Metatheories, Theories, and Models," and "Many Paths to Theory: The Creative Process in the Information Sciences" are included, among others. This is Volume I of three containing selected works by Bates. The others are titled: Information Searching Theory and Practice (Vol. II), and Information Users and Information System Design (Vol. III).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780981758411
Publisher:	Ketchikan Press
Publication date:	08/28/2016
Pages:	394
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.81(d)

About the Author

Marcia J. Bates is Professor Emerita at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) Department of Information Studies. A Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, she is a leading authority on information search, human-centered design of information systems, and information practices. She was Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences, 3rd Ed., and is the recipient of many awards for her research and leadership. In addition to her teaching and scholarship, she has been a technical consultant to numerous organizations in government, foundations, and businesses, including technology startups.

A graduate of Pomona College (B.A.) and the University California at Berkeley (M.L.S., Ph.D.), Bates also served in Thailand in the Peace Corps.

Table of Contents

Information

Bates, M. J. Information and knowledge: An evolutionary framework for information science.
Bates, M. J. Fundamental forms of information.
Bates, M. J. Information. (Encyclopedia entry.)
Bates, M. J. Information: The last variable.

The Information Professions

Bates, M. J. The invisible substrate of information science.
Bates, M. J. The information professions: Knowledge, memory, heritage.
Bates, M. J. A tour of information science through the pages of JASIS.
Bates, M. J. & Maack. M.N. Introduction to the Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences, 3rd Ed.
Bates, M. J. Topical table of contents. Encyclopedia of library and information sciences, 3rd Ed.
Bates, M. J. Many paths to theory: The creative process in the information sciences.
Bates, M. J. An introduction to metatheories, theories, and models.
Bates, M. J. The role of the Ph.D. in a professional field. (Lecture.)
Bates, M. J. A doctorate in library/information science.
Future directions for the library profession and its education. California Library Association Task Force on the Future of Librarianship.
Bates, M. J. A criterion citation rate for information scientists.
Bates, M. J. Information science at the University of California at Berkeley in the 1960's: A memoir of student days.
Bates, M. J. Acceptance speech for the American Society for Information Science and Technology Award of Merit.
Bates, M. J. A note from Marcia J. Bates. In W. J. Wheeler (Ed.), Saving the time of the library user through subject access innovation: Papers in honor of Pauline Atherton Cochrane (pp. 5-6).
Author curriculum vitae.

Editorial Reviews

"Over the years, Marcia Bates' work has continuously and substantially changed the thinking and direction of the information sciences. This compilation makes available her most influential publications, some difficult to access and retrieve. Conveniently organized in three volumes, it is an immensely valuable contribution to the literature of the field."
CAROL COLLIER KUHLTHAU, Distinguished Professor Emerita, School of Communication and Information, Rutgers the state university of New Jersey.

"One of the most highly cited information scientists has assembled her lucid and coherent life's work. Pick these berries."
HOWARD D. WHITE, Professor Emeritus, College of Computing and Informatics, Drexel University.

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