1st Edition

From Writing To Computers

By Julian Warner Copyright 1994
172 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

We do not need to look far for signs of divided consciousness with regard to books and computers. For instance, the United Kingdom Data Protection Act 1984 gave British subjects some rights of access to computer-held information on themselves but not to paper records. From Writing to Computers takes as its central theme the issue of a unifying intellectual principle to connect books and... Read more
Introduction Chapter 1.Semiotics Chapter 2.Writing Chapter 3.Intelligence of documents Chapter 4.Computers Chapter 5.Intelligence of computers Chapter 6.Conclusion Notes Recommended readings Bibliography

Biography

The author of a number of articles in librarianship and information science, Julian Warner is Lecturer in the Information Management Division at the Queen’s University of Belfast.

'An excellent addition to any collection on computing, communication, library or information studies, and a recommended read for anyone with even the most general interest in semiotics, computing, writing or intelligence'