Information Science

Michael Seadle, PhD, is a professor at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, where he has served since 2006 in various roles as director of the School of Library and Information Science (2006-2018), as dean of humanities (2010-16), University Council Chair (2015-17), member and chair of the Commission on Research Malpractice. He chaired the iSchools 'iCaucus' (2012-13), was one of the signers of the iSchools incorporation in 2014. He served as Executive Director of the iSchools until May 2024. He was editor of the peer-reviewed academic journal Library Hi Tech from 1997 to 2016. He continues to serve on the editorial board of Bibliothek Forschung und Praxis (2007-) and as editor of World Digital Libraries. He has published a number of books, including The Measurement of Research Integrity (2021), Quantifying Research Integrity (2017), and Educating the Profession: 40 years of the IFLA Section on Education and Training (IFLA Series, 2016). Earlier works include Automating Mainframe Management: Using expert systems with examples from VM and MVS (McGraw Hill, 1991), and his dissertation "Quakers in Nazi Germany" (1978). Over the decades, he has received millions in grant money from the US National Science Foundation, the German Forschungsgemeinschaft, and corporations like Elsevier.

Introduction
Chapter One: A History of Information
Chapter Two: A History of the Discipline
Chapter Three: Information Science Organisations
Chapter Four: Language and Information Science
Chapter Five: Culture and Information Science
Chapter Six: Technology
Chapter Seven: Internet Technology
Chapter Eight: Information Integrity
Chapter Nine: Artificial Intelligence
Chapter Ten: Information Behaviour
Chapter Eleven: Data Science
Chapter Twelve: Non-Verbal Information
Chapter Thirteen: Information Retrieval for Technology
Chapter Fourteen: Information Curation
Chapter Fifteen: Information for Education
Chapter Sixteen: Information and Politics
Conclusion