Features
- Presents hundreds of entries extensively reviewed for accuracy
- Contains more than 70 percent new material
- Includes classic articles of historical or theoretical importance from prior editions
- Explores the cultural institutions of more than 30 countries to offer a resource that is worldwide in scope
Summary Composed of the contributions of major researchers and practitioners, this third edition of the Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences reflects the growing convergence among the several disciplines that concern themselves with information and the cultural record. This work addresses these related disciplines in a way that demonstrates the unities across the fields and also recognizes their uniquely distinguishing characteristics. It presents hundreds of entries extensively reviewed for accuracy. Containing more than 70 percent new material, it also includes classic articles of historical or theoretical importance from prior editions. The Encyclopedia explores the cultural institutions of more than 30 countries to offer a resource that is worldwide in scope.
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Information Disciplines and Professions
General Disciplines
Disciplinary Specialties
Cognate Disciplines
Career Options and Education
Concepts, Theories, Ideas
Key Concepts
Theories, Models, and Ideas
Research Areas
Cross-Disciplinary Specialties
Research Specialties
Institutions
Generic Institutions
Institution Types
Named Institutions
Ancillary Cultural Institutions
Collections
Systems and Networks
Information Systems
Network and Technology Elements
Literatures, Genres, and Documents
Literatures
Generic Resources
Named ResourcesI
nformation organization tools
Specific standards
Projects
Laws
Professional Services and Activities
Appraisal and Acquisition of Resources
Institutional Management and Finance
Organization and Description of Resources
Resource Management
User Services
People Using Cultural Resources
General
Population Groups
Subject Areas
Organizations
National Cultural Institutions and Resources
History
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Editorial Reviews
Praise for the Previous Edition
"…guided by an editorial advisory board that reads like a who's who in library and information science … outstanding essays by leading experts in the digital library services."
—Library Journal
"…highly recommended to keep library faculty and staff current … should be bought by every research library."
—Choice
"… a diverse array of timely, useful, and informative essays compiled from a global perspective … indispensable… a unique "archive" of the history of library associations and libraries throughout the world. No other single work features this important information."
—Barbara I. Dewey, Dean of Libraries, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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Author Biography Marcia J. Bates is Professor Emerita in the Department of Information Studies, Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, at the University of California at Los Angeles. She has researched, published, and taught in many areas of library and information science, including user-centered design of information systems, subject access, online search techniques, and information seeking behavior. She has authored over eighty publications, including some of the most highly cited articles in the field. She has also served as Associate Dean and Department Chair. Dr Bates has consulted for a wide variety of organizations, including government, foundation, and private industry clients, as well as "dot-com" companies. Dr Bates is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and has won numerous awards, including the Award of Merit, the highest award of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIST), and the Frederick G. Kilgour Award for Research in Library and Information Technology. ASIST has also awarded her its "Best Journal of ASIST Paper of the Year Award" twice. Web: http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/faculty/bates/.
Mary Niles Maack has been on the faculty at the University of California at Los Angeles since 1986. Before moving to California she worked at the New York Public Library and later taught for ten years at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Maack has authored numerous historical and comparative studies that have appeared in a number of major refereed journals in the field. Her publications also include two books as well as book chapters and contributions to several reference books. She has served on the editorial boards of Libraries and Culture and Library Quarterly. Dr. Maack won the Justin Winsor Award of the ALA Library History Round Table in 1981 and the Jesse Shera Award of the ALA Library Research Round Table in 1992. She also received the 2005 Distinguished Teaching Award from the UCLA Department of Information Studies. She has taught courses on book history, library history, reference and information services, information institutions, public libraries and comparative and international librarianship. In addition she has lectured and consulted in fourteen countries in Africa, and in 1982-83 she held a Fulbright lectureship at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Bibliothèques in France. Web: http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/faculty/maack/.
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