information science

field primarily concerned with the analysis, collection, classification, manipulation, storage, retrieval and dissemination of information
class academic_discipline Q16387
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information science

Summary

information science is an academic discipline[1]. It draws 663 Wikipedia views per month (academic_discipline category, ranking #151 of 1,010).[2]

Key Facts

  • information science's instance of is recorded as academic discipline[3].
  • information science's instance of is recorded as information science term[4].
  • information science is a type of science[5].
  • information science's Commons category is recorded as Information science[6].
  • information science's said to be the same as is recorded as documentation science[7].
  • information science comprises administrative organisation[8].
  • information science comprises library science[9].
  • information science's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Information science[10].
  • information science's topic has template is recorded as Template:Information science[11].
  • information science's has characteristic is recorded as information science award[12].
  • information science's different from is recorded as communication theory[13].
  • information science's different from is recorded as informatics[14].
  • information science's different from is recorded as information theory[15].
  • information science's Classification of Instructional Programs code is recorded as 11.04[16].
  • information science's Classification of Instructional Programs code is recorded as 11.0401[17].
  • information science's is the study of is recorded as information[18].
  • information science's practiced by is recorded as metadata librarian[19].
  • information science's practiced by is recorded as information scientist[20].
  • information science's practiced by is recorded as keeper of the Archives[21].
  • information science's practiced by is recorded as Bachelor of Information Science[22].
  • information science's practiced by is recorded as information professional[23].
  • information science's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[24].
  • information science's Wikimedia outline is recorded as outline of information science[25].

Why It Matters

information science draws 663 Wikipedia views per month (academic_discipline category, ranking #151 of 1,010).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . bby.itbf.marmara.edu.tr. bby.itbf.marmara.edu.tr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . UNESCO Thesaurus. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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