Information Science – History, Ideas, Applications

What is Information Science? This comprehensive book answers this key question and explains how information science differs from data science and library science. Using a range of practical examples, the book explores how information science cuts across disciplines and integrates a range of information into a coherent whole. Starting with a historical overview of information science, subsequent chapters explore

• communication tools;
• information integrity and behavior;
• artificial intelligence (AI) and data science;
• information retrieval, curation, and non-verbal information; and
• information in technology, education, and politics.

Michael Seadle, PhD, is a professor at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, where he has served since 2006 in various roles as director of the School of Library and Information Science (2006-2018), as dean of humanities (2010-16), University Council Chair (2015-17), member and chair of the Commission on Research Malpractice. He chaired the iSchools 'iCaucus' (2012-13), was one of the signers of the iSchools incorporation in 2014. He served as Executive Director of the iSchools until May 2024. He was editor of the peer-reviewed academic journal Library Hi Tech from 1997 to 2016. He continues to serve on the editorial board of Bibliothek Forschung und Praxis (2007-) and as editor of World Digital Libraries. He has published a number of books, including The Measurement of Research Integrity (2021), Quantifying Research Integrity (2017), and Educating the Profession: 40 years of the IFLA Section on Education and Training (IFLA Series, 2016). Earlier works include Automating Mainframe Management: Using Expert Systems with Examples from VM and MVS (McGraw Hill, 1991), and his dissertation "Quakers in Nazi Germany" (1978). Over the decades, he has received millions in grant money from the US National Science Foundation, the German Forschungsgemeinschaft, and corporations like Elsevier.