Part Ⅰ Information and Information Management:Scopes and Definitions 1
Lesson 1 What Information Is:Definitions and Some Aspects of It 3
Lesson 2 Information Management:Definitions and Some Aspects of It 18
Part Ⅱ Information Management Enviroment: Social Approach 35
Lesson 3 The Information Society 37
Lesson 4 The Post-Information Age 53
Lesson 5 Information Seeking 68
Lesson 6 Information Literacy 80
Lesson 7 Information Policies:An Introduction 96
Lesson 8 Information Policies:Copyright Catechism 109
Lesson 9 What Is an Information Professional? 125
Lesson 10 Riding the Information Revolution:Transition from Paper to Electronic Communication 139
Part Ⅲ Information Management Environment:Organizational Approach 155
Lesson 11 Organizational Communication:Commentary and Approaches 157
Lesson 12 How to Manage Information Flow in Organizations:Practical Information Policies 172
Lesson 13 Systems Analysis 190
Lesson 14 Introduction to Local Area Networks 203
Part Ⅳ Information Management Environment:Immediate Approach 221
Lesson 15 How the Computer Works 223
Lesson 16 Computers:Definition,Types,and the Computer Revolution 238
Lesson 17 Inside the Computer and Data Organization 251
Part Ⅴ Information Management Environment:Academic Approach 265
Lesson 18 Information Science:An Introduction 267
Lesson 19 Fundamental Concepts in Communication 282
Lesson 20 Principles of Marketing:Social Foundations 296
Lesson 21 Information Technology:Harnessing Information Technology in the Twenty-First Century 311
Lesson 22 The Role of the Information Industry in the Economy 327
Lesson 23 Electronic Publishing Industry:Background and Definitions and Information Flows 339
Lesson 24 A Day in the Life of a Database Producer 356
Part Ⅵ Key to Exercises Ⅱ and Ⅲ 373