Fundamentals of Information Studies: Understanding Information and Its Environment, Second Edition

Lester and Koehler have vastly revised and expanded this brand new edition of the first textbook geared towards undergraduate information studies to approach the field from a multidisciplinary perspective. The book s fourteen chapters begin with The Impact of Information in Society and Fundamental Concepts of Information ; look at The Information Professions and The Impact of Information Cultures and Societies ; and conclude with Information Ethics and Information Futures. Appropriate emphasis is placed throughout on the history and development of information technology. Every chapter has been thoroughly updated and revised. Expansions include two whole new chapters, one on user behavior and the second on information, power, and society; five other chapters have been substantially expanded. In addition, the authors have added two new features: A Learning Guide precedes each chapter and an Information Idea draws a;ention to the application of the chapter s concepts in the real world.

June Lester is a professor in the University of Oklahoma School of Library and Information Studies. She has served as Associate Dean for the School of Library and Information Sciences at the University of North Texas, and Director, Office for Accreditation, of the American Library Association. She is also a past President of the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) and a former member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Education for Library and Information Science.

Wallace C. Koehler, Jr. is Director and Associate Professor in the Department of Information Studies at Valdosta State University. He was Assistant Professor at the University of Oklahoma School of Library and Information Studies and has taught in the areas of government, politics, foreign policy, and international law at the University of Tennessee, Vanderbilt University, Maryville College, and Temple University. Koehler is active in committee service in IFLA, ALA, and ALISE and serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Internet Cataloging, CyberMetrics, and Journal of the Uganda Library Association.