Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST) is one of the most important and indispensable annuals for the information science and technology professional. Since
1966, ARIST has been continuously at the cutting edge in contributing a useful and comprehensive view of information science and technology. ARIST reviews numerous topics within the field and ultimately provides an
annual source of ideas, trends, and references to the literature.
This edition of ARIST covers eight topics as follows:
I. Planning Information Systems and Services The Impact on Information Technology on the Individual
By Ruth A. Palmquist Social Equity and Information Technologies: Moving Toward Information Democracy
By Ronald D. Doctor
II. Basic Techniques and Technologies
III Applications
Data Representations for Geographic Information Systems By Clifford A. Shaffer
Environmental Research: Communication Studies and Information Sources
By Zorana Ercegovac The Information Environment of Managers
By Jeffrey Katzer and Patricia T. Fletcher
IV The Profession E
ducation and Training for Information Science in the Soviet Union
By Pamela Spence Richards
Ethical Considerations of Information Professionals
By Thomas J. Froehlich ARIST is scholarly, thorough within the scope defined by the chapter author,
up-to-date, well written, and readable by an audience that goes beyond the author's immediate peer group to researchers and practitioners in information science and technology in general and ASIS in particular. ARIST Volume 27: Annual Review of Information Science and Technology ©1992, 429 pages, Hardbound ISBN: 0-938734-66-0 |