Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition (10 Volumes)

The Encyclopedia offers readers a collection of more than 700 articles written by leading experts in the field of information science and technology. The contents are organized in 86 different category sections covering exhaustively main topics in the field. It aims to fill a gap by offering comprehensive collection of well-research chapters on the most crucial and emerging aspects of information technology, proving answers, new insights and opportunities for thinking and debate.

Highly recommended Encyclopedia for readers interesting in getting new insights into key topics and emerging trends in the field of information science and technology, such as digital terrorism, IT security and ethics, web technologies, educational technologies, gaming, electronic business, and environmental sciences, among others. The publication covers all current key issues in the field now, proposing new conceptual frameworks and showing and discussing latest research results.

The main strength of this powerful and reputable collection is to collect and provide knowledge regarding a challenging approach of those several repercussions of IS and T in the actual global economics. As the reader may find, when browsing towards more than seven hundred chapters, collaborations of hundreds of authors, from all the world, with various professional and academic titles, a lot of applicable, methodologically approached and intensively reviewed useful experiences are displayed, resulting in one of the most applicable documents in global literature.

The Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology covers a wide spectrum of topics that will interest groups of readers consisting of professionals, educator, academics, and students from different disciplines. The contents could be classified as two dimensions of breadth and depth. On the breadth dimension, a continuum from the two extreme ends can be visualized as Technology and business, while the middle concentrates on data an information topics and applications, such as data science, education, and applications.

The Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology is considered a balanced and attractive source of information in technology and information science as well as applied research linking the two main themes. As such, it should satisfy a diverse readership.

I would strongly recommend this book to practitioners, researchers, persons with responsibility in human resources, in technology development and implementation, educators and policy makers.

My recommendation is based in the fact that this book discusses a truly important issue – the changes entailed by the adoption of technologies in the organizations and the effects it might / will have in individuals, organizations and society. It might help to open the discussion of digital technology adoption to the society and somehow demystify its impact. It might also help educators to be aware of the changes and of what society needs from them. It is time to give hands and work side by side, knowing that the final results only depends on the use we will make of the devices and equipment. After all, when a job is eliminated, some others are created or will be transformed, needing people with different skills and attitudes. Citizens need to be better prepare to face these challenges.

I highly recommended this work, since it contains cutting edge topics as the majority of the chapters contained hot and buzz topics which are required for the 21st century via several stakeholders, including students, academics and researchers, Finally, organizations can benefit from this work as well as; since this work will guide the organisations to obtain new methods for running their work in an efficient and effective way and to make them more unique in the market. The editor, editorial advisory and review boards worked very hard to produce this exceptional job! Once again stupendous and marvelous job! Keep up the good work.