Definition of information science in US English:
information science
nounˌinfərˈmāSHən ˈˌsīəns
The study of processes for storing and retrieving information, especially scientific or technical information.
Example sentencesExamples
- But the connection between information science and physical processes appears once we think about events on the quantum scale.
- The first international paper competition invited submissions about practical collaborative applications of digital libraries or information science and technology in developing countries.
- In the non-academic world, information professionals don't necessarily possess an advanced degree in library science, information science, or a related field.
- These questions and more have crossed disciplinary lines, from ethics, public policy, social science, and law to computer security and information science.
- What information science takes from anthropology, in my view, is but a small, generally nonscientific, portion of the corpus of research.