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Buckland, M. (1991). Information as thing. _Journal of hte American
Society of Information Science, 42_, 351-360. Available at
http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/~buckland/thing.html.
Compares and contrasts numerous definitions of information to attempt
provide a point of stability to a term of obvious importance, but
unobvious meaning, to information scientists. Compares
information-as-thing, information-as-process and
information-as-knowledge.
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See the following URL for some discussion of this Buckland paper as a
launching point for a theory of information exchange modeled on quantum
mechanics.
http://www.burningchrome.com/~cdent/slis/l505/papers/slisessay3.htm
Buckland is a current hero for me in info science. It isn't that he
says anything particularly exciting, but he gathers his information
well and appreciates the importance of context. He has used his
training (the training he has received) to make his training (the
training he is giving) better.
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