Ais1501 study guide - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Contents Study Unit Page 1. INTRODUCING APPLIED INFORMATION SCIENCE 1 1.1 THIS MODULE 2 1.1.1 Purpose of this module 2 1.1.2 Focus of this module 2 1.1.3 What you will be studying in this module 2 1.2 HOW TO USE THIS STUDY GUIDE 3 1.2.1 Applied Information Science as a subject field and related concepts 3 1.3 LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SERVICES 5 1.4 THE “ELECTRONIC LIBRARY” 8 1.5 ASPECTS STUDIED IN APPLIED INFORMATION SCIENCE 9 1.6 CHARACTERISTICS OF APPLIED INFORMATION SCIENCE 10 ...

AIS1501_ Study Notes. AIS1501 - Introducing Applied Information Science. Information control Information control refers to the activities performed by various organisations and information institutions to exercise control over existing information sources and to make it possible to retrieve information from such sources. Information control takes place in a number of different ways, including through bibliographic control. In this context, “control” relates to the function whereby the i...