Information as Thing by Michael Buckland | What Makes This Paper Great? (#10) with NEW AI Features!

Information as Thing, by Michael Buckland (1991), is one of the most celebrated articles in Information Science. This episode (like others in the What Makes This Paper Great? series) is designed to bring students or curious newcomers into the paper. The video presents its context (within the Information Science literature), a biography of the author (Michael K. Buckland), the research method (conceptual analysis), the paper's highlights, some problems, and finally What Makes This Paper Great?

In this video, a new artificial intelligence from Deep Nostalgia [https://www.myheritage.com/deep-nosta...] is used to bring great information scientists to life as photographic animations. To be clear, the voices of Buckland and Briet are also artificially generated at Speechify.com. These creative technologies are used, with good (and educational) intentions, to capture the imagination of students who may otherwise not find the Information Science literature captivating.

00:00 — Introduction
00:59 — Situating Information as Thing in the Literature (Multi-Type Definitions of Information)
02:10 — The Author, Michael K. Buckland (A Short Biography)
02:50 — Research Method (Conceptual Analysis)
03:28 — Descending into the Paper
03:34 — The Introduction and Three Main Concepts (Information as...)
05:26 — Types of Information (as Thing) or "Species"
06:26 — "The Unhelpful Conclusion" (Everything is Information!)
06:58 — An Historical Interlude, The European Documentation Movement
07:06 — Paul Otlet Comes to Life!
07:24 — Suzanne Briet Comes to Life! (And Her Famous Antelope Statement)
7:55 — Information is Situational and Formed by Consensus
08:24 — Practical Matters of Copies, Summaries, and Representations
09:19 — Implications for Information Science
09:49 — Summary and Review (In Buckland's Words)
10:44 — Three Problems with the Pape
12:07 — What Makes This Paper Great?
13:43 — Thanks for Watching! Please Like, Comment, Share, and Subscribe to INFIDEOS

Relevant References (More will be added, soon.)
Information as Thing by Michael Buckland [https://asistdl.onlinelibrary.wiley.c...]
Information by Marcia J. Bates [https://pages.gseis.ucla.edu/faculty/...]