Information is all the data that is collected and formulated into knowledge. Most of the data we see and hear is dismissed. If the data is important we file it away. What kind of data do we file. Data that will be helpful in the future. The first file cabinet for information is our own brain. Early man passed his information along through stories and drawings. Drawings were the first form of written language. The written word has evolved from stone tablets to computerized text.
One important component of information is how well it is communicated to others. Information as a thing, means the information is usable to me. It serves a purpose. It is put in a format that others can receive, whether it is a ancient verbal story or a modern computer transmission, if the information is not clearly communicated it is really useless (Greer, 2007).
Greer, R., Grover, R. and Fowler, S. (2007). Introduction to the library and information professions. Libraries Unlimited, Westport, Connecticut.
Greer, R., Grover, R. and Fowler, S. (2007). Introduction to the library and information professions. Libraries Unlimited, Westport, Connecticut.
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It wasn't under I started taking classes for this degree that I really thought about how information is created. You kind of take this for granted, I guess. But information creation and how its organized, disseminated and archived is an important aspect of information science.
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