Information science
is a field that concerned with the analysis, manipulation, storage, dissemination
of information etc. Information Science plays a vital role about everything we
do in modern society. Information systems are vital to the operation of modern
organizations and information scientists are involved in almost every field. People
with information science skills are needed and many varied career opportunities
in fields such as business, science, education, health, music , technology etc.
Practitioners within the field study and
usage of knowledge in organizations between people and organizations, with the purpose
of creating, improving, or understanding information systems.
Information science
is considered a branch of computer science. It is an interdisciplinary field, not
only aspects of computer science, but often used in fields such as archival
science, commerce, communications, law, library science, management and the
social sciences. Information Science used by the technology, people, and organizations.
It has discipline and a focus on Information and Communication Technologies used
by people to manage information within organizations.
The study of information
includes activities such as information collection, processing, storage and presentation,
communication of information etc. It also encompasses study of the information at
the organizational and information systems that support information usage.
The Department of
Information Science at any place or country focuses on any areas, such us : Human-computer
interfaces, including multimedia systems, Information assurance and security, Information
systems development and management, Computational modelling, machine learning
and data mining, Databases, Distributed information systems, Social networking
and organizational computing, Software engineering and application software
development.
