It should be purchased by all large and medium-sized public libraries. Some individuals, especially academics teaching information systems, ought to buy it, too. As an MIS professor, I am constantly faced with staying abreast of technology changes. The Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology is an exhaustive and convenient method of meeting these needs. I would recommend these volumes to all of my technical and behavioral information technology colleagues.
It is impressive in its size and scope, scholarly in its content, delightful in its physical presentation, and what's more, it all comes for a very reasonsable price. This encyclopedia is easy to read and navigate through. A must have for anyone in Information Technology. It is a perfect addition to any library's reference section. A worthwhile accomplishment. The information technology revolution is for all practical purposes a second industrial revolution in the history of mankind, impacting every facet of business, society, and life worldwide with a speed beyond imagination.
As in the case of the industrial revolution, the growth and expansion of information technology began during the early s but continued on through the following decades.
As a result, the use of this technology was limited to those who had a good command of these systems and computer programming languages.
With the merge of computers and telecommunications in the s, a new information technology was born with a strong focus on the management and dissemination of information by both information providers and users. However, the advent of personal computers and the ability of users to communicate with each other regardless of their locations directed information technology into the lives of all society. The most noticeable explosion in the information technology revolution was the creation of the World Wide Web WWW and its potential in the early s.
During the past two decades, WWW technologies have become the driving force in allowing people worldwide to communicate and exchange information in ways that have created a totally new dimension known as a virtual world.
In recent years, through the use of web-enabled technologies, organizations of all types and sizes around the world have managed to utilize these technologies to conduct both information processing and dissemination with their prospective customers, suppliers, students, and governments. These technologies, now allowing readily available information for everyone regardless of their geographic location, bring the true meaning of the information age to its full realization.
Because information science and technology has profoundly impacted science, business, society, and every other aspect of life on our planet, numerous researchers around the world have focused on accumulating knowledge on this discipline. The volume and intensity of research in the field of information science and technology has by far exceeded many other fields of science, and the sheer impact of research discoveries in this area has become the driving force of many emerging technologies and applications.
No longer is this discipline limited to a few technology-related areas, but, similar to the field of medicine, the field of information science and technology today is a collection of many specific disciplines researchers have created. This collection process has been accomplished by producing research results to understand the potentials, problems, and challenges of each individual discipline and by trying to expand the body of literature related to the topics of that discipline.
To access the latest research related to the many disciplines of the information science and technology field, I decided several years ago to launch an encyclopedia project where researchers from all over the world would assist me in providing the necessary coverage of each respective discipline in information science and technology. The primary objective of this project was to assemble as much research coverage related to the disciplines selected for this encyclopedia by defining the technologies, terms, and acronyms related to each discipline, and providing the most comprehensive list of research references related to each discipline.
I had hopes of creating a single comprehensive reference source on all related discipline topics of information science and technology. In order to provide the best balanced coverage of concepts and issues related to the selected topics of this encyclopedia, researchers from around the world were asked to submit proposals describing their proposed coverage and the contribution of such coverage to the encyclopedia.
The goal was to assemble the best minds in the information science and technology field from all over the world to contribute entries to the encyclopedia. Upon the receipt of full entry submissions, each submission was forwarded to at least three expert external reviewers on a double-blind, peer review basis. Only submissions with strong and favorable reviews were chosen as entries for this encyclopedia. In many cases submissions were sent back for several revisions prior to final acceptance.
As a result, this five-volume encyclopedia includes more than entries highlighting current concepts, issues and emerging technologies. All entries are written by knowledgeable, distinguished scholars from many prominent research institutions around the world. Five thousand technical and managerial terms enhance these entries. These terms each have a word description that allows the readers of this extensive research source to learn the language and terminology of the field.
In addition, this five-volume set offers a thorough reference section with over 11, sources of additional information for scholars, students, and researchers in the field of information science and technology to access. In addition, a comprehensive glossary of all terms will direct readers to the short definition on the subject. A keyword index is also available, listing important keywords included throughout all entries. In recent years, the science of understanding the nature of information processing and management along with the computers and technologies that decipher, disseminate, and manage information has become known as information science and technology.
Technology has profoundly impacted science, business, and society, thus constructing an entity that improves access to the rapidly expanding body of knowledge in almost every discipline. Society fuels this knowledge creation, as it receives, manages, educates, and collects information. The volume and intensity of research in information science and technology have exceeded many other fields of science, and research discoveries have become the impetus behind many emerging tools and applications seen at every organizational level.
In addressing this need for the representation of evolving information science and technology disciplines in academic literature, the First Edition of the Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, released in early , positioned itself as the first of its kind in reference publications, offering an invaluable source of articles highlighting major breakthroughs, discoveries, and authoritative research results in technological advancements.
In providing this compendium of references, definitions and key words within this field of pivotal social and organizational movement, the Five-Volume Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology?
First Edition, supplied researchers with a definitive one-stop reference source. With the endeavor of progressing from this precedence, and in effort to exhibit the latest research innovations, the Second Edition of the Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology collects and uncovers the most current research findings related to technological, organizational and managerial issues, challenges, trends, and applications of information technologies in modern organizations.
The coverage of this Encyclopedia seeks to bridge existing gaps in available references on technology and methodologies with its contribution as a valuable resource of encompassing paradigms shaping the ever changing research, theory and discovery of information science and technology.
Including a thorough coverage of innovative topics and terms embodying the disciplines that construct this field, the Second Edition of the Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology offers the most comprehensive list of research references to further support these developments. New articles focusing on emerging topics, as well as enhanced and updated articles featured in the First Edition, allow for the Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology?
Second Edition to construct an up-to-date exhibition of must know developments. The articles were carefully selected for this publication for their presentation of the most comprehensive, innovative, and in-depth coverage of information science and technology. The topics covered in this all-encompassing publication, include the most influential areas of this field. Articles fully cover the area of Artificial Intelligence in their examination of current applications applied within organizational spheres that are impacted by such technologies as Machine Learning, Computational Intelligence, Digital Ecosystems and Adaptive Systems.
By providing these chapters, the Encyclopedia is able to supply audiences with reputable sources for identifying future trends in breakthrough computing and technologies that will direct everyday aspects of life, such as intelligent transportation, smart homes, and intelligent diagnostics. Through introducing the changing state of business information systems, the Encyclopedia analyzes the driving force of globalization and the concept's effect on international trade, economics, and capital.
Because business information systems are so far reaching, from the intranet to export tracking and manufacturing intelligence, the research results comprise a breadth of review and discussion of methodologies behind these systems and how they are implemented in the field of business.
As a growing discipline of theory, concept and science, cognitive informatics is discussed in several articles that delve into the philosophy behind knowledge, how behavior is determined through this analysis, and what impacts are made through this careful evaluation.
With such areas as Cybernetics and Systems Theory being implemented into social and organizational practice, the references provided through this research offer invaluable sources of further evaluation.
Continuously utilized for the evolution of technical applications, the areas of data mining and databases are comprehensively discussed in a significant level of articles in the Encyclopedia as a channel for introduction and advancement.
In taking into account the growing incorporation of data mining into Web development and databases into engineering progress, these resources supply audiences with authoritative results and a foundation for additional research. With a considerable effect on the global economy, electronic business applications are discussed in the Encyclopedia and offer readers a credible source of knowledge for understanding the current realms of Mobile Applications for Business Functions, Technologies for Marketing, and Virtual Enterprises.
Seeing the importance of these technology-based management systems, modern electronic business is analyzed as a growing phenomenon of capitalism. As today's form of trade, shopping and purchasing, electronic commerce is fully presented in the Encyclopedia as a phenomenon of progressive change. With significant growth since the dot com explosion of the past two decades, e-commerce is exposed as a discipline with global reach and international application for the way currency is exchanged and services are dealt.
With undeniable influence on policy making and delivery, aspects of electronic government are examined in the Encyclopedia, including electronic voting, public service delivery, and citizen management. Considering the social change developing as a result of e-government implementation, articles offer researchers and policy makers a wealth of perspective on the challenges and opportunities in directing government via Information Communication Technologies.
Given the worldwide focus on the environment, the Encyclopedia provides audiences with emerging findings in the area of environmental informatics. As a growing area of attention, this discipline is supported by prominent international researchers studying the future of maintaining environmental functions and safeguarding the planet.
Global information technology has emerged as an area of study with growing importance as digital communications spread internationally. The Encyclopedia supplies articles that delve into the importance of the Digital Divide, as well as case studies exhibiting regional adaptation, resistance, and adoption of technologies.
As technological demands extend and users multiply, high-performance computing seeks to maintain the flow of communication between servers, knowledge workers, and organizations. With much recent advancement in Grid Computing, and technologies to handle large amounts of data, the Encyclopedia offers readers a close look at these breaking areas of study and applications of growing necessity.
Considering the human element in making technology the paradigm it is today, the Encyclopedia provides readers with a comprehensive view of human aspects of technology. With an analysis of end-user behavior, gender differences and ubiquity of computing, readers will find an extensive amount of research results and analysis to assist in building literature in the important area of study; Human Computer Interaction. Following the advancements of the Industrial Revolution, Industrial Informatics is described in the Encyclopedia as a bridge between technological progress and the application of manufacturing, transportation, and construction.
With growing utilization in enhancing and expediting good production, building and usage, research results examine the future trends of such technologies and how these applications will incorporate into the daily life of individuals.
As a contemporary social motivator, IT Education is comprehensively examined in the Encyclopedia. This is an area of research with philosophical and constructivist reach into all levels of learning.
In discussing Blended Learning, Distance Education, tools for Online Learning, Advanced Pedagogy and computational support for teaching, IT Education demands further attention in developing reliable research. As a popular area of examination, the Encyclopedia lends support to emerging trends in the discipline while supplying a venue for further discussion of terms, themes, and additional implication.
Taking into account the massive growth in technological utilization for sensitive data, government, personal and organizational functions, IT Security and Ethics as an area of study continues to involve expanding securitization and streamlining for the best protection of digital information.
In examining such areas as Digital Forensics, Authentication, Cryptography, Cyber Warfare, and Trustworthy Computing, analysis of IT Security and Ethics take precedence as a point of key discussion in the Encyclopedia, with the endeavor to enrich the field.
As a result of the current structures of both public and private sector administration, the field of Knowledge Management has been positioned as a concept of both utility and application. Considering the need for quality sources indicating best practices in the management of Knowledge Workers, IT Governance and information sharing, the Encyclopedia supplies readers and researchers with a considerable selection of current themes, terms and topics relating to the state of Knowledge Management.
With many library systems implementing digital filing and cataloguing systems, the study of bibliometrics has flourished in the scientific world. With cutting edge technologies in archiving and classification, preservation and reformatting, library science has developed into an intricate branch of information science and the Encyclopedia illustrates explanations of the vast spectrum of this study.
As issues such as Open Access, security, and Internet property rights take center stage, legal aspects of the digitization of information are explored. Mobile devices, wireless systems, sensors, and wearable computing applications are technologies that are shaping communication and public administration. With uses ranging from machine correspondence to business interrelationships, important research findings are effectively exposed and discussed by top researchers in the field.
Whether utilized for entertainment, learning, or public policy, multimedia technology as a form of study involves behavioral and practical analysis. The Encyclopedia offers audiences with many aspects of analysis on topics such as Gaming, Simulation and Hypermedia to best understand how the world is displaying its information for consumers and administrators.
With the expansion of wireless networks, Telecommunications have flourished as users are able to get in touch from just about anywhere with the use of Ad-hoc networks, Bluetooth, and RFIDs. Advancements in neural and wireless sensor networks have increased availability of the Internet exponentially. Peer-to-peer networks are discussed in the Encyclopedia, along with optical access and overlay networks.
Social Computing describes the intersection of social behaviors and computer systems, intricately examining areas such as social networking sites, augmented realities, and online auctions. Tools such as blogs, Wikis, tags, and podcasts have expanded the user's online researching experience. The Encyclopedia expands on social informatics and explores instant messaging, virtual groups, mailing lists, and forums; just a few of the places that users interact with one another.
Technological engineers focus on algorithms, modeling languages, and kernel applications to design and format the machines that the world uses today. Systems Analysis, Visualization, and Diagnostics all play a role in the design and improvement of the ever changing software being developed. The Encyclopedia takes a look at the vulnerabilities, specifications, and quality of software and its architectures. As a result of the Internet explosion of the 's, Web technology as a field of study has taken the stage as a discipline of ubiquitous importance.
With the Web being a single source of infinite information, responding and expanding at exponential rates, the Encyclopedia offers readers a snap shot of disciplines such as Portal Technologies, Semantic Computing, Web 2.
The Encyclopedia elaborates on the expansive area of Bioinformatics. Subjects such as artificial immune systems, biomedical imaging, and biometric tools such as those used for identifying humans by biological, intrinsic traits are discussed. Topics of importance also include organic computing, proteomics, and computational chemistry.
With new assistive and rehabilitative technologies, medical data storage, and issues of security and privacy, Health Informatics affects the lives of human beings worldwide. Considering this growth, research results prove valuable for healthcare administrators and academic disciplines, such as nursing and health management. Advanced medical technologies are incorporated into daily measures to secure and save lives. Medical informatics is exemplified in this second edition Encyclopedia through an intricate look at the updates and improvements in this pivotal field.
Medical imaging, biosensors, and new nanotechnology modernizations for surgical procedures are just a few of the exciting and significant advances in medical technologies. Rehabilitation, disease detection, and routine medical care are assisted and revamped with advances in hospital machinery and tools.
The selected topics of this encyclopedia are to provide the best balanced compilation of concepts and issues from researchers around the world. These researchers were asked to submit proposals describing the topic and scope of their articles. All proposals were carefully reviewed for suitability by the editor-in-chief.
Upon the receipt of full entry submissions, each contribution was forwarded to at least three expert external reviewers on a double-blind, peer review basis. Only submissions with strong and favorable reviews were chosen as entries for this encyclopedia. In most cases, submissions were sent back for several revisions prior to final acceptance. The goal was to assemble the best minds in the information science and technology field from all over the world to contribute entries to this encyclopedia and to apply the highest level of quality in selecting entries.
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