INFORMATION SCIENCES AND SERVICES: COMPONENTS, RELATIONSHIPS, AND POLICIE

Abstract

Under special subheadings were shortly described: main periods of communication; four levels of literacy; information processes, operations and institutions in historical perspective; main chain of informational „contact points“; relationships between „contact points“; and some hints for policy concerning institutions, such as archives, libraries, and documentation centres, as well as new ones using unconventional tools, such as computer and telecommunication centers. Above all the role of education of potential originators of new information (e-mitters) and various kind of users (absorbers) at the university level is emphasized.

Keywords

• information science
• information processes
• information chain