Is a knowledge society possible without freedom of access to information?

Journal of Information Science

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 387-397

  Lor, Peter Johan ^a,b,d   Britz, Johannes Jacobus ^b,c  

^a International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^d IFLA   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Access to information; Digital divide; Ethics; Freedom of information; Information society; Knowledge society

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; CONTENT BASED RETRIEVAL; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; DIGITAL DIVIDE; FREEDOM OF INFORMATION; INFORMATION SOCIETY; KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34547487989     PISSN: 01655515     EISSN: 17416485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165551506075327     Document Type: Article

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