strategy
Computerizing information
Description:
Developing a system of data input into and retrieval from electronic data processing equipment.
Claim:
Data processing systems require that data be systematized in some common way. Thus, in addition to the benefits of speedy access, the computerizing process itself demands that data be sorted, analysed and updated.
Counter Claim:
Computerizing imposes on any body of data the organizational bias of the software used.
Narrower:
Computerizing information services Facilitates:
Accessing online informationStrengthening information networksServing as information clearinghouseProviding total information coverageBroadening general information servicesTransmitting current available informationPromoting international freedom of information Facilitated by:
Developing information technologyTraining professionals in computer information systems Subjects:
Informatics, Classification → InformaticsInformation → Information
Type Classification:
F: Exceptional strategies