信息科学的产生与发展,是与现代科学技术发展水平密切相关的。当今世界,正面临着一场新的技术革命的挑战,有人称其为信息社会,它的突出特点是信息的作用越来越显得重要。国内外许多经济学家认为,在今后的社会中,信息将成为决定生产力、竞争力的关键因素之一,是战略资源。邓小平同志号召“开发信息资源,服务四化建设”,这是新时期信息工作的方向和任务, The emergence and development of information science are closely related to the development of modern science and technology. In today’s world, which is facing the challenge of a new technological revolution, some call it the information society. Its salient feature is that the role of information is becoming more and more important. Many economists at home and abroad think that in the future society, information will become one of the key factors that determine productivity and competitiveness and a strategic resource. Comrade Deng Xiaoping called for “the development of information resources and the building of the four modernizations for service.” This is the direction and the task of information work in the new era,