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Information and Information Resources Primary Theoretical Notions of Information Resource Studies
The article defines the phenomenon of information as the adaptation means of a subject to natural, social and spiritual world. The definition is based on the cognitive potential of the ascent method from abstract to concrete, conceptual restoration of the genesis of primeval informational process and methods of creating notions by means of extensional and intentional characteristics of the object under study. These approaches allow to reveal the essence of the “information” phenomenon and determine a number of its characteristics. Among them are tribal features of information such as evaluation, communicativeness, significance. The “information resources” phenomenon is considered as one of information kinds defined on the basis of its instrumental function and inherence of information tribal features and resource separation signs such as consumer value, purposefulness of creation and usage in activity. “Information” and “Information resource” notions are presented as a new scientific direction of information resource studies primary definition terms. The author of the article also proves the overgrowing of classical information-resources knowledge into non-classical one. Such conclusion has been reached by recognition of the advanced organizational-methodological and technological branches of information science and due to the last publications in theory of information resources.
