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From the invention of scripts and alphabets to the long misunderstood "talking drums" of Africa, James Gleick tells the story of information technologies that changed the very nature of human consciousness. He also provides portraits of the key figures contributing to the inexorable development of our modern understanding of information, including Charles Babbage, Ada Byron, Samuel Morse, Alan Turing, and Claude Shannon.
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Bloomsbury Press
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2016.
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Examines how humanity records and passes on its culture to future generations, from the libraries of antiquity to the excess of information available in the digital age, and how ephemeral digital storage methods present a challenge for passing on current cultural memory to the future.
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The MIT Press
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[2014]
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Overview: Big Data is made up of lots of little data: numbers entered into cell phones, addresses entered into GPS devices, visits to websites, online purchases, ATM transactions, and any other activity that leaves a digital trail. Although the abuse of Big Data-surveillance, spying, hacking-has made headlines, it shouldn't overshadow the abundant positive applications of Big Data. In Reality Mining, Nathan Eagle and Kate Greene cut through the hype...
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"Things you've done online: ordered a pizza, checked the weather, booked a hotel, and reconnected with long-lost friends. Now it's time to find out how these things work. Vinay Trivedi peels back the mystery of the Internet, explains it all in the simplest terms, and gives you the knowledge you need to speak confidently when the subject turns to technology. This revised second edition of How to Speak Tech employs the strategy of the popular first...
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Todas las actividades humanas implican una utilización específica del lenguaje y el desarrollo de vocabularios propios. Cuando dichas actividades alcanzan el rango de disciplinas, los términos comunes varían de significado, los sentidos emergentes sugieren nuevos vocablos y la interrelación mutua confiere acepciones y matices exclusivos. La normalización de estos cambios en forma de enseñanzas regladas obliga a un acuerdo, de forma que los...
8) Big data
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Libro especializado que se ajusta al desarrollo de la cualificación profesional y adquisición de certificados de profesionalidad. Manual imprescindible para la formación y la capacitación, que se basa en los principios de la cualificación y dinamización del conocimiento, como premisas para la mejora de la empleabilidad y eficacia para el desempeño del trabajo.
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Reference service, the idea that librarians provide direct assistance to users, has been a central function of libraries for over a century. Today's libraries are even more complex and intimidating to new users than libraries of the past, and the technical and social contexts in which users experience their library's resources add to this complexity. The availability of a friendly librarian who helps users find materials, search for information on...
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Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2014 es la aplicación de Adobe Creative Cloud para edición y montaje de vídeo profesional. Gracias al motor de procesamiento Adobe Mercury Playback Engine, es posible trabajar en tiempo real incluso en la edición de efectos. Además, en esta versión que presentamos de la aplicación, se incorpora la visualización en alta resolución, lo que mejora notablemente la experiencia del usuario.
Con este libro:
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This early work on bookbinding is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. It contains detailed instructions of the methods and materials involved in book preservation and binding. This is a fascinating work and thoroughly recommended for bookbinders and librarians.
12) Typologie des dossiers des organisations: Analyse intégrée dans un contexte analogique et numérique
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Dans la lignée de Typologie des documents des organisations, cet ouvrage présente une analyse détaillée des principaux dossiers de gestion d'une organisation. Pour chacun d'eux, il définit le contexte de création, justifie le rle, analyse le contenu et propose des métadonnées et des délais de conservation.
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Avec le web, les moteurs de recherche, les blogues et les wikis, la relation à l'information s'est transformée au point o les repères habituels s'émoussent et doivent être redéfinis de fond en comble. Du coup, le travail des archivistes et des bibliothécaires doit l'être tout autant. Riches d'une solide tradition et conscientes des défis posés par la modernité la plus radicale, les sciences de l'information se sont élargies. Mais il ne...
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La preservación digital de materiales sonoros y audiovisuales es uno de los ámbitos más complejos y desafiantes que tienen ante sí los museos, las galerías, las bibliotecas y los archivos que los resguardan. Implica diversos enfoques como reconocer que el documento es un objeto digital cuya naturaleza es diferente a la de los materiales analógicos; el diseño y la puesta en marcha de planes y políticas de largo plazo; la perspectiva sustentable...
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For the first time Indian librarianship in a national perspective is being, presented here with several plans of action at different levels, identified its relevance and growth in different sectors and components of the topic as a whole. National Library has got a raw deal by all the stakeholders, the management, employees, central government and professional bodies; lack of political will to make it the prime library of the nation and the hub of...
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Si la fonction d'archiviste existe depuis la Haute Antiquité, la profession d'archiviste, elle, est relativement récente et ne cesse d'évoluer au fil des besoins des utilisateurs et des transformations technologiques. Le présent ouvrage vise à remettre en question les rles et le positionnement de l'archiviste au sein des organisations et de la société au XXIe siècle. Il traite de l'évolution de la discipline qu'est l'archivistique, de la...
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It has become increasingly accepted that important digital data must be retained and shared in order to preserve and promote knowledge, advance research in and across all disciplines of scholarly endeavor, and maximize the return on investment of public funds.
To meet this challenge, colleges and universities are adding data services to existing infrastructures by drawing on the expertise of information professionals who are already involved in the...
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The first known dust-jacket to appear on a book in the UK dates from 1819.
Sadly, almost none of these jackets have survived. The one institution primarily responsible for this vandalism is the British Library, which removed dust-jackets from every book it accessioned, and destroyed almost all of them. As a result, almost no hardbound book accessioned by the Library after the middle of the nineteenth century was in fact presentable in a visual context:...
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"The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Knowledge Management Systems" is an insightful and comprehensive book that delves deep into the intersection of AI and KM. With the rapid advancements in AI technology, knowledge management is increasingly becoming more complex and challenging. This book offers an in-depth analysis of how AI can be integrated into KM systems to improve organizational efficiency, innovation, and decision-making.This book covers...
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Introduced by Clive Phillpot, and including artists and writers such as Gustav Metzger, Bruce McLean, Barbara Steveni, John Latham, Barry Flanagan, Edward Burra, Penelope Curtis, and Neal White, "All This Stuff "breaks new ground in the field of archive theory. It documents the innovative ways in which the arts are challenging the distinctions, processes, and crossovers between artworks and archives. This critical reexamination exemplifies how the...
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