Information-as-a-thing versus information-as-a-process: the legitimate differences between information resources management and information management

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2021

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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INTRODUCTION The term information, in itself, is nebulous, that indeed comes in different formats, different operations, having various meanings with many diverse applications. It could be understood in numerous ways depending on the environment, perspective, interpretation and criteria espoused in viewing it. Information resources in the ambit of information resources management cannot achieve anything except people do something with it either by examining, categorizing, or describing it, but in the end, they understood, rebut, alter or do all sorts of manipulation to the dataset or information. Meanwhile, all this interpretation and manipulation constitute the hallmark of information management

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Information Resources, Information Management

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Oyedokun, T.T., Otonekwu, F.O., Ambali, Z.O. and Fajonyomi, O.J. ( 2021): "Information-as-a-thing versus information-as-a-process: the legitimate differences between information resources management and information management". Library Hi Tech News. 38 (10), pp. 14-15.

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