[Asis-l] (New Book) Information and Human Values, by Kenneth R. Fleischmann

[David Schlangen]

I am pleased to announce the latest title in Morgan & Claypool's series on
Information Concepts, Retrieval, and Services:



Information and Human Values
Kenneth R. Fleischmann, University of Texas at Austin
Paperback ISBN: 9781627052450, $35.00
November 2013, 99 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.2200/S00545ED1V01Y201310ICR031       

Abstract:

This book seeks to advance our understanding of the relationship between
information and human values by synthesizing the complementary but typically
disconnected threads in the literature, reflecting on my 15 years of
research on the relationship between information and human values, advancing
our intellectual understanding of the key facets of this topic, and
encouraging further research to continue exploring this important and timely
research topic.

The book begins with an explanation of what human values are and why they
are important. Next, three distinct literatures on values, information, and
technology are analyzed and synthesized, including the social psychology
literature on human values, the information studies literature on the core
values of librarianship, and the human-computer interaction literature on
value-sensitive design. After that, three detailed case studies are
presented based on reflections on a wide range of research studies. The
first case study focuses on the role of human values in the design and use
of educational simulations. The second case study focuses on the role of
human values in the design and use of computational models. The final case
study explores human values in communication via, about, or using
information technology. The book concludes by laying out a values and design
cycle for studying values in information and presenting an agenda for
further research.  <http://dx.doi.org/10.2200/S00545ED1V01Y201310ICR031>
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