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Dissertation Information for Eileen Moore Trauth

NAME:
- Eileen Moore Trauth

DEGREE:
- Ph.D.

DISCIPLINE:
- Library and Information Science

SCHOOL:
- University of Pittsburgh (USA) (1979)

ADVISORS:
- Allen Kent

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
- James G. Williams
- Donald Shirey
- William Hanks
- Clark Rogers

MPACT Status: Fully Complete

Title: AN ADAPTIVE MODEL OF INFORMATION POLICY

Abstract: In the policy making process, one of the important steps is the consideration of the consequences deriving from the alternative choices. For the case of information policy, the present research has begun the development of a methodology for doing so. The methodology chosen was modeling. Information policy modeling serves the dual purposes of further clarification of the phenomenon under study along with the provision of an avenue for quantitative analysis through computer simulation.

Following an examination of three policy model configurations- maximization, optimization, and adaptive- the adaptive or cybernetic representation was chosen as the most appropriate way to represent the information policy making process. The data collection was directed, in part towards the support of this view. That is, data was directed, in part, towards the support of this view. That is, data was sought which would give evidence of the existence of the hypothesized subsystems of the model. In addition, the identification of general information policy components was also attempted.

The mechanism for doing this was content analysis. Documents reflecting information policies were studied for their contribution to the existence of the model configuration and to the components of the model subsystems. In order to capture the breadth of information policy, sources were used which represented the levels of interorganizational and intraorganizational regulation as well as the information functions of storage and retrieval and dissemination. They were: !) the activities centered around a national program for library and information services; 2) the proposals for a rewrite of the Communications Act of 1934; and 3) the university of Pittsburgh’s information policies.

In addition to the intended role of modeling in this research setting, another perhaps more important function emerged. It was the use of modeling as a tool for better understanding of information policy itself. That is, the act of modeling requires that many implicit notions be made explicit. In so doing, discussion about information policy and information policy modeling will have been facilitated through the provision of a concrete notion about which to react.


MPACT Scores for Eileen Moore Trauth

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calculated 2008-01-31 06:22:19

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