Information Science (definition)

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Definition: The field of knowledge, theory, and technology dealing with the collection of facts and figures, and the processes and methods involved in their manipulation, storage, dissemination, publication, and retrieval. It includes the fields of COMMUNICATION; PUBLISHING; LIBRARY SCIENCE; and informatics.

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Examples Book Collecting; Chronology as Topic; Classification; Communication; Communications Media; Computer Security; Computing Methodologies; Copying Processes; Data Collection; Data Display; Informatics; Information Centers; Information Management; Information Services; Information Storage and Retrieval; Information Theory; Knowledge; Library Science; Medical Informatics; Pattern Recognition, Automated; Publishing; Systems Analysis

Other names Sciences, Information; Science, Information; Information Sciences

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