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The book mainly takes into account the importance of Knowledge Management (KM) in libraries. In addition, topics like Information Literacy and Green Libraries are discussed in detail. Digital Libraries and Web 2.0 also form the part of the book. The book is organised into three parts: Technology and Library, Emerging Trends in LIS Studies, and Management in Library and Information Science. It is hopes that this book would be a very good value addition to the libraries of not only practising librarians but also be useful for teachers, students, and researchers in the field of library and information science.
This unique annotated bibliography is a complete, up-to-date guide to sources of information on library science, covering recent books, monographs, periodicals and websites, and selected works of historical importance. In addition to compiling an invaluable list of sources, Bemis digs deeper, examining the strengths and weaknesses of key works. A boon to researchers and practitioners alike, this bibliography Includes coverage of subjects as diverse and vital as the history of librarianship, its development as a profession, the ethics of information science, cataloging, reference work, and library architecture Encompasses encyclopedias, dictionaries, directories, photographic surveys, statistical publications, and numerous electronic sources, all categorized by subject Offers appendixes detailing leading professional organizations and publishers of library and information science literature This comprehensive bibliography of English-language resources on librarianship, the only one of its kind, will prove invaluable to scholars, students, and anyone working in the field.
Changing Dimensions of Library and Information Science is a selection of twenty five papers presented by the author as Keynote Addresses, texts of Lectures delivered at conferences, seminars, refresher courses, etc. These were grouped into five different units covering Role of libraries in higher education, changing trends in libraries and information services; Fundamentals of the profession, philosophy and ethics; ICT in libraries; Issues specific to different kinds of libraries; and recent concepts like information literacy, management techniques, quality in libraries, innovation in libraries, management of change in libraries, etc. Vivid elaboration of concepts like computerization, planning automation, adoption of ICT in libraries with a slant to India, electronic resources and services has been provided. Thus, the collection gives an insight to new developments in the field which are changing the dimensions of the discipline continually and for the better.
The library: a vital component in higher education; New Approaches in solving academic library problems; Unscrambling critical academic library issues; Patterns of library information systems, networks, and consortia providing information and library services to academic library users.
The information infrastructure: libraries in context -- Information science: a service perspective -- Redefining the library: the impacts and implications of technological change -- Information policy: stakeholders and agendas -- Information policy as library policy: intellectual freedom -- Information organization: issues and techniques -- From past to present: the library's mission and its values -- Ethics and standards: professional practices in library and information science -- The library as institution: an organizational view -- Librarianship: an evolving profession -- Appendices.
This 2nd edition of the highly successful Global Library and Information Science presents an up-to-date review of international librarianship and library science through insightful and well written chapters contributed by experts and scholars from all regions of the world. The role of public, academic, special, school libraries, as well as library and information science education are presented from the early development to the present time. Its lively, readable approach will help the reader to understand librarianship in Africa, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, and North America. Edited by Ismail Abdullahi, Professor of Global Library and Information Science, this book is a must-read by library science students and teachers, librarians, and anyone interested in Global Librarianship.
This dictionary is an international, comprehensive introduction to the vocabulary of library and information science. It is a practical day-to-day tool that will help to explain clearly and concisely over 5,000 terms used in the profession. The second edition has been completely revised and approximately 2,000 new terms added. All the terms are arranged in one alphabetical sequence, still incorporating the six themes present in the first edition: Information sources; Information handling; Computers and Telecommunications; Management; Research methodology; Publishing. In addition the dictionary offers full definitions for all synonymous terms and acronyms.
The 25 contributions to this volume, largely reprinted from recent special issues of three information science journals devoted to historical topics, address an array of topics including Paul Otlet and his successors; techniques, tools, and systems; organizations and individuals; theoretical issues; and literature. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR