Rob Kling
Encyclopedia
Rob Kling, PhD was a North American
professor
of Information Systems
and Information science
at the School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) and Adjunct Professor of Computer Science
, Indiana University
, USA. He directed the interdisciplinary Center for Social Informatics (CSI), at Indiana University. He is considered to have been a leading expert on the study of social informatics
.
North American
North American generally refers to an entity, people, group, or attribute of North America, especially of the United States and Canada together.-Culture:*North American English, a collective term used to describe American English and Canadian English...
professor
Professor
A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
of Information Systems
Information systems
Information Systems is an academic/professional discipline bridging the business field and the well-defined computer science field that is evolving toward a new scientific area of study...
and Information science
Information science
-Introduction:Information science is an interdisciplinary science primarily concerned with the analysis, collection, classification, manipulation, storage, retrieval and dissemination of information...
at the School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) and Adjunct Professor of Computer Science
Computer science
Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
, Indiana University
Indiana University
Indiana University is a multi-campus public university system in the state of Indiana, United States. Indiana University has a combined student body of more than 100,000 students, including approximately 42,000 students enrolled at the Indiana University Bloomington campus and approximately 37,000...
, USA. He directed the interdisciplinary Center for Social Informatics (CSI), at Indiana University. He is considered to have been a leading expert on the study of social informatics
Social informatics
Social informatics is the study of information and communication tools in cultural, or institutional contexts...
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