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| Autor/in | Heilprin, Laurence B. |
|---|---|
| Institution | City Univ. of New York, Flushing, NY. Queens Coll. Library Science Dept. |
| Titel | On Access to Knowledge in the Social Sciences and Humanities, From the Viewpoint of Cybernetics and Information Science. |
| Quelle | (1972), (34 Seiten)
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| Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Monographie |
| Schlagwörter | Communication (Thought Transfer); Cybernetics; Humanities; Information Science; Information Theory; Models; Social Sciences |
| Abstract | The literature of knowledge is a very large system in the cybernetic sense of intractibility to control. Improving access to it needs some simplifying theory. A step in this direction is a hypothesis constructed from basic concepts. These include cybernetic concepts of variety and requisite variety; a version of the mathematical concept of homomorphic mapping; and information scientific concepts: an invariant 3-segmented information science (IS) path, and short and long duration modes of message propagation. Since all disciplines are symbiotic, defining a distinct IS domain is purely pragmatic. However, the IS concepts do define a domain, which acts as a reference frame convenient for locating the substructures necessary for cognitive access to literature. The most critical processes in access occur in our minds, not in data files. Access to knowledge requires completing an IS path--connecting two minds across a variable physical segment. The special problems of access to the literature of the social sciences and the humanities are chiefly those of small classes with large variety to overcome. Certain variety-suppressing devices should be particularly helpful at this stage. However, there is a large, long term cost for the disciplines and professions concerned. (A related document is LI 004 283.) (Author/SJ) |
| Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
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