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The social use of information : ownership and access /

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Information Sciences SeriesPublication details: New York : John Wiley & Sons, c1976.Description: xviii, 244 p. :illISBN:
  • 0471933775
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 029.7 WES
LOC classification:
  • Z699 .W452
Summary: This book is addressed to those who wish to continue their participation in the making of informed decisions. This book is not predominantly technical. The problems to be considered are far too important and complex to be resolved by technology alone. The authors were confronted with a mixture of interrelated problems; human, social, political, economic, and technological. All these aspects are involved in any attempt to provide, through the use of automated information retrieval technology, more equitable access to that form of power known as information.
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Monograph & others Monograph & others CBN HQ Library General Stacks Non-fiction 029.7 WES (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31008100097415

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This book is addressed to those who wish to continue their participation in the making of informed decisions. This book is not predominantly technical. The problems to be considered are far too important and complex to be resolved by technology alone. The authors were confronted with a mixture of interrelated problems; human, social, political, economic, and technological. All these aspects are involved in any attempt to provide, through the use of automated information retrieval technology, more equitable access to that form of power known as information.

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