The structure and essential characteristics of information-literate knowledge workers in information systems

Authors:
Sufen Wang;Junkang Feng;Ping Cang
Affiliations:
Glorious Sun School of Business and Management, Doghua University, Shanghai China;Database Research Group, School of Computing, University of the West of Scotland, UK;Glorious Sun School of Business and Management, Doghua University, Shanghai China
Venue:
WSEAS TRANSACTIONS on SYSTEMS
Year:
2008

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Abstract

There appear many inconsistent and often conflicting views and terms for information, data and meaning in the field of information systems. This confusion might be a result of the lack of adequate understanding of meaning. We argue that meaning is created through interpretation by a subject (a human agent). We outline a conceptual framework for looking at information flow, which consists of an information source, information bears (carriers), and information receivers. This constitutes a backdrop of our main investigation on how what a piece of information means to a person takes place. We draw on Heidegger's work on the notion of 'being' to investigate the structure and essential characteristics of information-literate knowledge worker in the realization of possible impact of information whereby to understand the essence of inter-subjective and subjective meaning. We observe that meaning is the link between information and data. To be able to drawing meaning from information embodies the ability of an interpreter in understanding or interpret information, viz. her/his horizon of interpret. What is revealed here would seem highly desirable for both theoretic research and practice.