Lancaster's Information Transfer Cycle in the Digital Medium
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Lancaster’s Information Transfer Cycle in the Digital Medium illustrates how information is created, organized, disseminated, accessed, and utilized within today’s digital environment. The traditional print-based model has been transformed by the Internet, digital publishing, online repositories, search engines, and artificial intelligence, enabling faster and wider knowledge exchange. The cycle includes the user community, application activities, authors, publishers, indexing services, secondary publications, libraries, final assimilation, and research and development. Each stage is interconnected, ensuring continuous knowledge creation and innovation. The model highlights the evolving role of digital technologies in enhancing accessibility, collaboration, information retrieval, and evidence-based decision-making across society.
Author: Hazra, Akash
Language: English
Subfield: Information Systems
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7078232644
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