INFORMATION SCIENCE

HARSHA E.C.
CALICUT UNIVERSITY

The word information comes from the Latin word
Informare meaning to inform.
Information Science is an interdisciplinary field
primarily concerned with the analysis, collection,
storage, retrieval and dissemination of
information. Information Science is Science ,
which deals with the different aspects of
information from the generation of information to
the utilization.

Information science is often considered as a
branch of computer science. However it is
actually a broad interdisciplinary field,
incorporating not only aspects of computer
science, But often diverse fields such as
archival science, commerce, communication,
law, library science, management,
mathematics, philosophy, social science.
Information science should not be confused
with information theory and library science.
Information theory is the study of a
particular mathematical concept of
information.

Generation, Storage, Dissemination of
information with the application of
technology

In nutshell , Information science is the study
about Information itself , as Economics is the
study about economic system, Library science
is the study about library and techniques .
Hence information science discuss on
information and how it used by people with
the help of new technology especially by
computer.
In 1960’s Information science was concerned
primarily with applying the new computer
technology to the processing and managing
of documents.

An early definition of information science going
back to 1968, the year when American society
for Information science and Technology is
“Information science is that discipline that
investigate the properties and behavior of
information , the forces governing the flow of
information , and the means of processing
information for optimum accessibility and
usability

Information science is the study of the nature,
collection and management of information and of
it’s uses especially involving computer storage
and retrievals , transformation and utilization of
information .
There is no necessity to confuse with Library and
information science and Information science.
Library and information science utilized
information science in order to enrich or widen
the Library science. So Library science merge
with Information science and became Library
and information science ( Adopt new
technologies and evolve new techniques to
satisfy users)

The Department of Information science at otago
focuses
“The concept became particularly
predominant since the end of world war
second with the wide spread use of computer
network.”

Documentation service gradually developed
into the broader field of Information science.
Paul Outlet, Henri La Fontaine regarded as the
pioneers of Information science .

Concept Library
science
Documentati
on
Information
science
Unit Library Documentati
on
Information
Medium Book Document Database
User Reader User Recipient
Staff Librarian Documentali
st
Information
officer
techniques Manual Manual or
Mechanized
Mechanized

 Library without walls
 Creation of knowledge
 It should provide the major role of
information service
 Specify the component of Information system
and indicate their relationship
 What Information service are to be provided and
how

 To provide same data to different individual
 To provide same data at different times to
same individual
 Differences of response of the same
individual to the same data presented in
varying forms

Generation of data and
Information
Word processing, record,
spelling checking software
Recording, Storage of data
or information
Magnetic medium, video
cassette, electronic filing,
database
Organization , Retrieval of
data
Database Management
System(DBMS)
Information retrieval
system, hardware solution
Communication and
dissemination of
information
Electronic mail, computer
conference

Before the strengthening of information ,
Science, generation of Information was
through writing and communication was
person to person communication, post,
telephone etc:

INFORMATION SCIENCE
library and information science
Communication and media
Computer science
Management
Sociology
Psychology
Information science is the intersection of
several disciplines and is truly
interdisciplinary

Information science has relevant importance ,
because information plays a vital role in just
about everything we do in modern society .
So people with information science skills are
in high demand and there are many career
opportunities infields such as business,
education, health, mass media
There are many definition to Information
science, but it is amorphous in nature . It is a
mix of library science, statistics, Research
methods and psychology. So we can reach in
conclusion that, it is highly interdisciplinary
in nature and there are several disciplines
which make inputs to the discipline and it is
amorphous and not sharply delineated

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