information science

noun

|Updated on: 14 Jun 2018

Definition of information science

: the collection, classification, storage, retrieval, and dissemination of recorded knowledge treated both as a pure and as an applied science

Recent Examples of information science from the Web

Traynor, a computer information science and engineering professor at University of Florida, said.

— jason dearen and josh replogle, OrlandoSentinel.com, "UF-designed 'Skim Reaper' fights ATM, gas pump thefts," 11 May 2018
Traynor, a computer information science and engineering professor at University of Florida, said.

— jason dearen and josh replogle, OrlandoSentinel.com, "UF-designed 'Skim Reaper' fights ATM, gas pump thefts," 11 May 2018
King's two master's degrees both came from UNT: one in information science, and the other in computer education.

— stephen english and matthew martinez, star-telegram, "Her funeral is next week, but no family has been found to mourn her | Fort Worth Star-Telegram," 11 May 2018
Traynor, a computer information science and engineering professor at University of Florida, said.

— jason dearen and josh replogle, OrlandoSentinel.com, "UF-designed 'Skim Reaper' fights ATM, gas pump thefts," 11 May 2018
Traynor, a computer information science and engineering professor at University of Florida, said.

— Washington Post, "NYPD tests new tool that detects credit card skimmers," 9 May 2018
The university offers outstanding programs in business administration and management, economics, biology, computer and information sciences and psychology.

— gerald bradshaw, chicagotribune.com, "Don't fret if shut out of top schools," 2 Mar. 2018
Roman earned his Bachelor of Science in psychology and Master of Science in library information science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and another master’s degree in English from Northern Illinois University.

— elizabeth marie himchak, Rancho Bernardo, "New Rancho Bernardo librarian has success with improving teenage readers," 20 Dec. 2017
To create that economy, Cornell Tech will offer about a dozen masters and Ph.D. programs in fields like information science and electrical and computer engineering.

— elizabeth a. harris, New York Times, "High Tech and High Design, Cornell’s Roosevelt Island Campus Opens," 13 Sep. 2017

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