The buzzwords ""Information Society"" and ""Age of Access"" suggest that information is now universally accessible without any form of hindrance. Indeed, the German constitution calls for all citizens to have open access to information. Yet in reality, there are multifarious hurdles to information access - whether physical, economic, intellectual, linguistic, political, or technical. Thus, while new methods and practices for making information accessible arise on a daily basis, we are nevertheless confronted by limitations to information access in various domains. This new book series assemble.

• Preface
• Contents
• Relevance And Irrelevance
• Theories
• New Reflections On The Problem(S) Of Relevance(S). The Return Of The Phenomena
• Finite Provinces Of Meaning: The Expansive Context Of Relevance
• Bridging Rhetoric And Pragmatics With Relevance Theory
• The Body Relevant
• Factors
• Relevance From And Beyond Propositions. The Case Of Online Identity
• Relevance Before, During, And After Discourse Experiences
• Social Distribution Of Knowledge In Action: The Practical Management Of Classification
• On Cooling The Relevance Out
• Challenges
• The Relevance Of The Irrelevant
• Many Ways Of Being Relevant. Information Support For Problem Solving And Decision Making
• Alterity And Biographical Experience: Relevance In Mediated Interaction
• Lady Justice Turns A Blind Eye: (Ir-)Relevance, Legal Thought And Social Order
• Notes On Contributors