Whether termed the 'network society', the 'knowledge society' or
the 'information society', it is widely accepted that a new age has
dawned, unveiled by powerful computer and communication
technologies. Yet for millennia humans have been recording
knowledge and culture, engaging in the dissemination and
preservation of information. In `The Early Information Society',
the authors argue for an earlier incarnation of the information
age, focusing upon the period 1900-1960. In support of this they
examine the history and traditions in Britain of two separate but
related information-rich occupations - information management and
information science - repositioning their origins before the age of
the computer and identifying the forces driving their early
development. `The Early Information Society' offers an historical
account which questions the novelty of the current information
society. It will be essential reading for students, researchers and
practitioners in the library and information science field, and for
sociologists and historians interested in the information society.
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