what is information?

read to prepare yourselves for session 02

  1. Saracevic, T. (October 01, 1999). Information Science. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 50, 12, 1051-63.
  2. Buckland, M. K. (June 01, 1991). Information as Thing. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 42, 5, 351-60.

things we'll talk about


  • define information
  • what qualifies as information
  • how do we use and interact with information
slides for session 02