There are large literatures available on most of the topics in this small book. Reference can also be made to relevant textbooks, including Bawden and Robinson (2013), Davis and Shaw (2011), Feather (2013), Glushko (2013), Norton (2010), and Rubin (2010). For sociological aspects, see Webster (2014), and for relevant technology see Gleick (2011). More generally, good starting points are the Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences (2010) and LISA Library and Information Science Abstracts (1969).
Parts of the text are adapted from earlier publications, where additional sources are noted that can supplement the few references in this text.
Chapter 1, “Introduction,” draws on Buckland (2015b). See Furner (2004) for alternatives to the word information. The passport discussion is from Buckland (2014). See Day (2001) for the popularity of “information.” Floridi (2010) provides a concise introduction to formal theories of information: entropy, Shannon-Weaver information theory, and more. For philology and the study of texts, see McGann (2014). The division of labor and secondhand knowledge is based on Wilson (1983). Day (2014) examines how information systems increasingly shape our lives.
Chapter 2, “Document and Evidence,” is based on Buckland (2015b). The discussion of documents draws on Buckland (1991 and 1997) and Lund (2009), and the discussion of data management on Buckland (2011). On the history of copying, see Buckland (2012a). For Schrettinger, see Garrett (1999); for Otlet, see Wright (2014); for Ostwald, see Hapke (1999); and for Fleck, see Fleck (1979) and Cohen and Schnelle (1986). Blum (1980) and McKenzie (1999) are good sources for bibliography.
In chapter 3, “Individual and Community,” Tylor’s definition of culture is from Tylor (1871, 1). The complexity and difficulties of examining information-related behavior has made progress difficult. Case (2012) provides a good introduction. Earlier discussions include Wilson (1981) and Pettigrew, Fidel, and Bruce (2001). Discussion of “small worlds” draws on the work of Elfreda Chatman (e.g., Chatman 1992). For the social role of documents, see Brown and Duguid (2000) and Ferraris (2013). For a convenient introduction to the construction of knowledge, see Zerubavel (1997) as well as Mannheim (1936, chap. 1) and Berger and Luckmann (1966). See McGann (1983) and McKenzie (1999) for the social context of books.
Chapter 4, “Organizing: Arrangement and Description,” draws on Buckland (1989; 2007) as well as Fairthorne (1961, 84–85).
Chapter 5, “Naming,” is based on Buckland (2007 and 2012b) and also draws on Ranganathan (1951, 34), Suominen (1997), Briet (1954, 43; 2006, 50–51), Fairthorne (1961), Blair (1990), Lakoff (1987), Frohmann (2004), Bowker and Star (2000), and Berman (1971).
Chapter 6, “Metadata,” is based on Buckland (2006 and 2015a). For ideas and documentation as infrastructure, also see Foucault (1970) and Day (2007 and 2014). For space and place, see Buckland et al. (2007). For events and time, see Petras, Larson, and Buckland (2006). For biographical records see the Text Encoding Initiative Consortium (2009) and Buckland and Ramos (2010).
Chapter 7, “Discovery and Selection,” is based on Buckland and Plaunt (1994), which was extensively developed in Plaunt (1997). For a printed bibliography as an interface, see Bates (1976). The semantic/syntactic theme is developed in Warner (2010).
Chapter 8, “Evaluation of Selection Methods,” summarizes parts of Buckland and Gey (1994), which are presented in more detail in Appendix B. White (2010) provides an excellent discussion of relevance theory.
In Chapter 9, “Summary and Reflections,” the section “What kind of field?” is based on Buckland (2012c). Bawden (2001) and Chevillotte (2010) provide useful reviews of the literature on information literacy.
Appendix A, “Anatomy of Selection,” summarizes parts of Buckland and Plaunt (1994). Plaunt (1997) provides a more thorough treatment.
Appendix B, “Retrieval Evaluation,” is based on Buckland and Gey (1994). Egghe (2008) provides a mathematic treatment of these relationships.