Discusses the development of the interest in business ethics as a regular part of the business education curriculum. Indicates that ethics is an essential issue today because of information technology and changes in the socio-political environment. (JOW)

Briefly describes new developments pertaining to the EURONET/DIANE information network, the growth of telecommunications in the United Kingdom, education and training in information science in Europe, the current state of European videotex systems, EUSIDIC's document delivery program, and international data flow. (JL)

Argues for a definition of information based on the facts and data contained within scientific documents, and which are consistent with their conceptual interrelationships. The scope and limitations of the definition are discussed, and analyses of the information content of a scientific paper and an abstract are appended. References are provided.…

Developed for the Network Development Office of the Library of Congress by Dataflow Systems, Inc., this eight-page glossary is intended to serve as a vocabulary standard for library networking. (SW)

Argues that in information science we must distinguish physical, objective, or document space from perspective, subjective, or information space and holds that transformations can easily be made once these two spaces are distinguished. (FM)

Research criteria are established for computer networks and ten areas of research are identified and briefly described. (RAA)

Examines the effects of computerized data bank technology on legal discourse. (AM)

Continues earlier research on the development of a new definition of information science and the creation of a map of the field showing subjects central to it and their relationship to those on the periphery. A case study describes the creation of a new classification structure for the "Information Science Abstracts" database.…

Discusses Wayne Wiegand's article that criticizes library and information science and its role in relations of power and knowledge, and suggests that the work of Antonio Gramsci can help understand how libraries and users are conditioned by history and politics. Considers Gramsci's Marxism; historical subjects and hegemony; and political strategy.…

This bibliography attempts comprehensive coverage of the historical writings on the field of information science in North America. It is divided into three sections: books (including encyclopedia articles), journal articles, and unpublished papers and dissertations. (Author/LRW)

Discusses information inference from a psychologistic stance and proposes an information inference mechanism that makes inferences via computations of information flow through an approximation of a conceptual space. Highlights include cognitive economics of information processing; context sensitivity; and query models for information retrieval.…

Discussion of the use of mathematical tools in library and information science focuses on information retrieval applications of fuzzy set theory. Topics include fuzzy set theory in informetrics and bibliometrics; and the literature of fuzzy set theory. (Contains 87 references.) (LRW)

Argues that effective knowledge management in many disciplinary contexts must be based on understanding the dynamic nature of knowledge itself. Critiques some current thinking in the literature; discusses tacit and explicit knowledge; and considers implications for knowledge management in organizations and for the information professions.…