Research Catalog

Title

Multilingual information management : information, technology and translators / Ximo Granell.

Author

Granell, Ximo

Publication

• Waltham, MA ; Kidlington, UK : Chandos Publishing, [2015]
• ©2015.

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Description

xviii, 226 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.

Summary

Multilingual information is in high demand in today's globalized world. Industry and market globalization, intensified collaboration between European countries, technological developments, the advent and consolidation of the Internet, the rise of electronic business, are some of the factors that have fuelled this need. Multilingual Information Management draws on previous empirical research to explore how information and technologies are used within the community of practice of translators as information facilitators among different languages and cultures to deliver such quality and time requirements and become more productive and competitive in today's market. The book consists of three parts, including a literature review on information and technology needs among translators, a research framework to investigate the perceptions and use of information and technology within their working environment, and a strategic proposal for an Information Systems approach to multilingual information professionals and information literacy training. Ximo Granell is a lecturer and researcher in Information Science at Universitat Jaume I of Castelln, in Spain. He holds a PhD in Information Systems from Loughborough University, UK, and is a Translation and Interpreting graduate and a Business Management postgraduate. His academic background has intertwined with the fields of information management, translation, and information systems. He has also worked as a translator specializing in software, website and video game localization, as well as in ICT, marketing and business communication translation. His research interests include developing information literacy in specialized contexts, applying information systems to the translators' community of practice, assessing information competences and evaluating the quality of scientific research. Key Points: presents an interdisciplinary approach to multilingual information and technology management among information professionals, analyses the community of practice of translators as multilingual information facilitators and ICT users, contributes to further develop Information Literacy to a strategic level among information professionals, provides a methodological contribution through an evidence-based approach to practice.

Series Statement

Chandos information professional series

Uniform Title

Chandos information professional series

Subject

• Translating and interpreting > Data processing
• Cross-language information retrieval
• Knowledge management
• Knowledge Management
• Recherche multilingue d'information
• Gestion des connaissances
• Translating and interpreting > Data processing

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-182) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

ISBN

• 1843347717
• 9781843347712

OCLC

• 900593505
• SCSB-11643006

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Harvard Library