ARIST 40

Edited by Blaise Cronin

ARIST, published annually since 1966, is a landmark publication within the information science community. It surveys the landscape of information science and technology, providing an analytical, authoritative, and accessible overview of recent trends and significant developments. The range of topics varies considerably, reflecting the dynamism of the discipline and the diversity of theoretical and applied perspectives. While ARIST continues to cover key topics associated with "classical" information science (e.g., bibliometrics, information retrieval), editor Blaise Cronin is selectively expanding its footprint in an effort to connect information science more tightly with cognate academic and professional communities.

Section I: Information and Society

“The Micro- and Macroeconomics of Information” by Sandra Braman
“The Geographies of the Internet” by Matthew Zook
“Open Access” by M. Carl Drott

Section II: Technologies and Systems

“TREC: An Overview” by Donna K. Harman and Ellen M. Voorhees
“Semantic Relations in Information Science” by Christopher S. G. Khoo and Jin-Cheon Na
“Intelligence and Security Informatics” by Hsinchun Chen and Jennifer Xu

Section III: Information Needs and Use

“Information Behavior” by Donald O. Case
“Collaborative Information Seeking and Retrieval” by Jonathan Foster
“Information Failures in Health Care” by Anu MacIntosh-Murray and Chun Wei Choo
“Workplace Studies and Technological Change” by Angela Cora Garcia, Mark E. Dawes, Mary Lou Kohne, Felicia M. Miller, and Stephan F. Groschwitz

Section IV: Theoretical Perspectives

“Information History” by Alistair Black
“Social Epistemology and Information Science” by Don Fallis
“ Formal Concept Analysis in Information Science” by Uta Priss

2005/624 pp/hardbound

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