Open AccessGeoffrey Yeo. Records, Information and Data: Exploring the Role of Record-keeping in an Information Culture. London, UK: Facet Publishing, 2018. 208p. Paper, $94.00 (ISBN 978-1-78330-226-0).
Author(s) -
Michael J. Ryan
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
college and research libraries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.886
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 2150-6701
pISSN - 0010-0870
DOI - 10.5860/crl.80.5.742
Subject(s) - publishing , facet (psychology) , computer science , information retrieval , library science , history , psychology , political science , law , social psychology , personality , big five personality traits
What difference does it make if we are imprecise about how we use words? What difference does it make if we are unwilling or unable to distinguish among “records,” “information,” and “data”? Plenty, according to Geoffrey Yeo, in this, his latest attempt to think clearly and authoritatively about archival records “in an information culture.”
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