the knowledge and information science is more or less linked to other sciences due to its interdisciplinary nature. the interactions between different disciplines and taking advantage of each other’s knowledge can lead to problem solving and scientific advancements. due to the relationship between information and communication, knowledge and information science has many common issues with commu...

(DRAFT—please do not cite or distribute) Introduction Information science isn't a science. Nor, even, is it primarily about information. To assert the former is no longer an especially controversial move. The skeptic might point to the supposed origins of the field in the postwar activities of communications engineers and applied computer scientists—many of whom, following Claude Shannon, under...

Before we address the topic of “Information in Computer Science,” it is obvious that we will have to say something about what is meant by “information.” I expect this to be a common preoccupation of the many authors contributing to this volume. Though perhaps not as obvious, it turns out equally important that we should be clear what is meant by “Computer Science.” Incidentally, we will take fo...

The communication of information is fundamental to healthcare. In pre-history, knowledge and skills were passed from healer to apprentice by talking and example. Early cuneiform writing on clay tablets record some medical techniques and remedies. In more recent times, medical books have documented an accumulating human knowledge. Currently, journals, magazines, books, proceedings and pamphlets ...