Literatur zur Informationserschließung

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• 1
  Alex, H., G. Bee u. U. Junger (Hrsg.): Klassifikationen in Bibliotheken : Theorie - Anwendung - Nutzen.
  Berlin : DeGruyter Saur, 2018. XVII, 278 S.
  ISBN 978-3-11-029925-0
  (Bibliotheks- und Informationspraxis; 53)
  
  Abstract: Klassifikationen sind in Bibliotheken heute wichtiger als je zuvor. Sie eignen sich nicht nur hervorragend für die physische Anordnung von Büchern und anderen Medienwerken, sondern sind genauso erfolgreich dafür einsetzbar, große Datenmengen in Katalogen und anderen Nachweisinstrumenten zu strukturieren und sinnvoll nutzbar zu machen. Der Band gibt zunächst eine Einführung in die bibliothekarische Klassifikationstheorie und stellt dann die in Bibliotheken des deutschen Sprachraums überregional eingesetzten Universalklassifikationen vor. Er informiert außerdem über die Nutzung von Klassifikationen in Katalogen und Suchsystemen sowie die Frage der semantischen Interoperabilitätim Kontext der Wissensorganisation. Ziel des Bandes ist es, eine Übersicht über die gegenwärtig in Bibliotheken des deutschen Sprachraums überregional eingesetzten Universalklassifikationen zu geben. Die Fülle an vorhandenen Klassifikationen bedingt die thematische Konzentration auf Universalklassifikationen; reine Fachklassifikationen sind nicht Gegenstand der Darstellung, finden jedoch in einzelnen Beiträgen Erwähnung.
  
  Inhalt: Enthält die Beiträge: Lorenz, Bernd: Zur Theorie und Terminologie der bibliothekarischen Klassifikation - Bee, Guido: Universalklassifikationen in Bibliotheken des deutschen Sprachraums - Alex, Heidrun: Die Dewey-Dezimalklassifikation (DDC) - Junger, Ulrike: Basisinformationen zur Universellen Dezimalklassifikation (UDK) - Häusler, Ines / Werr, Naoka: Die Regensburger Verbundklassifikation (RVK) - Umlauf, Konrad: Klassifikationen in Öffentlichen Bibliotheken - Pfeffer, Magnus / Schöllhorn, Katharina: Praktische Nutzung von Klassifikationssystemen - Hubrich, J.: Semantische Interoperabilität zwischen Klassifikationen und anderen Wissenssystemen.
  
  Anmerkung: Vgl.: https://www.degruyter.com/viewbooktoc/product/185786. Rez. in: o-bib 6(2019) H.1, S.93-97 (H. Wiesenmüller) [https://www.o-bib.de/issue/view/313]; iwp 70(2019) H.5/6, S.315-317 (Barbara Müller Heiden); Library essentials, Oktober 2019, S-36-37 (F. Förster).
  
  Themenfeld: Aufstellungssysteme Wissenschaftl. Bibliotheken ; Aufstellungssysteme Öffentlicher Bibliotheken
  Objekt: DDC ; UDC ; RVK
  Land/Ort: D
  
  LCSH: Classification ; Library science / German speaking countries
  RSWK: Wissenschaftliche Bibliothek / Öffentliche Bibliothek / Klassifikation
  DDC: 025.4/2 / dc23
  LCC: Z696.A4 K567 2018
  RVK: AN 93400
  
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  Stuart, D.: Web metrics for library and information professionals.
  London : Facet Publ., 2014. VII, 199 S.
  ISBN 978-1-85604-874-3
  
  Abstract: This is a practical guide to using web metrics to measure impact and demonstrate value. The web provides an opportunity to collect a host of different metrics, from those associated with social media accounts and websites to more traditional research outputs. This book is a clear guide for library and information professionals as to what web metrics are available and how to assess and use them to make informed decisions and demonstrate value. As individuals and organizations increasingly use the web in addition to traditional publishing avenues and formats, this book provides the tools to unlock web metrics and evaluate the impact of this content. The key topics covered include: bibliometrics, webometrics and web metrics; data collection tools; evaluating impact on the web; evaluating social media impact; investigating relationships between actors; exploring traditional publications in a new environment; web metrics and the web of data; the future of web metrics and the library and information professional. The book will provide a practical introduction to web metrics for a wide range of library and information professionals, from the bibliometrician wanting to demonstrate the wider impact of a researcher's work than can be demonstrated through traditional citations databases, to the reference librarian wanting to measure how successfully they are engaging with their users on Twitter. It will be a valuable tool for anyone who wants to not only understand the impact of content, but demonstrate this impact to others within the organization and beyond.
  
  Inhalt: 1. Introduction. MetricsIndicators -- Web metrics and Ranganathan's laws of library science -- Web metrics for the library and information professional -- The aim of this book -- The structure of the rest of this book -- 2. Bibliometrics, webometrics and web metrics. Web metrics -- Information science metrics -- Web analytics -- Relational and evaluative metrics -- Evaluative web metrics -- Relational web metrics -- Validating the results -- 3. Data collection tools. The anatomy of a URL, web links and the structure of the web -- Search engines 1.0 -- Web crawlers -- Search engines 2.0 -- Post search engine 2.0: fragmentation -- 4. Evaluating impact on the web. Websites -- Blogs -- Wikis -- Internal metrics -- External metrics -- A systematic approach to content analysis -- 5. Evaluating social media impact. Aspects of social network sites -- Typology of social network sites -- Research and tools for specific sites and services -- Other social network sites -- URL shorteners: web analytic links on any site -- General social media impact -- Sentiment analysis -- 6. Investigating relationships between actors. Social network analysis methods -- Sources for relational network analysis -- 7. Exploring traditional publications in a new environment. More bibliographic items -- Full text analysis -- Greater context -- 8. Web metrics and the web of data. The web of data -- Building the semantic web -- Implications of the web of data for web metrics -- Investigating the web of data today -- SPARQL -- Sindice -- LDSpider: an RDF web crawler -- 9. The future of web metrics and the library and information professional. How far we have come -- The future of web metrics -- The future of the library and information professional and web metrics.
  
  Anmerkung: Rez. in: JASIST 66(2015) no.11, S.2392-2395 (Enrique Orduña-Malea)
  
  Themenfeld: Informetrie ; Internet
  
  LCSH: Resource description & access ; Webometrics ; Data mining ; Library science
  RSWK: Bibliothek / World Wide Web / World Wide Web 2.0 / Analyse / Statistik ; Bibliometrie / Semantic Web / Soziale Software ; Internet / Bibliometrie / Einführung
  BK: 54.84 Webmanagement ; 06.00 Information und Dokumentation: Allgemeines
  DDC: 025.042 ; 006.312
  GHBS: AZC (E)
  LCC: QA76.9.D343
  RVK: AN 96300 ; AN 96400
  
• 3
  Berman, S.: Not in my library! : "Berman's bag" columns from The Unabshed Librarian, 2000-2013.
  Jefferson, NC : McFarland, 2013. 208 S.
  ISBN 978-0-7864-7822-4
  
  Abstract: Contains a reprinted Counterpoise interview with Sandy Berman plus 45 of his U*L columns dealing with such topics as book-burning, genocide, government secrecy and repression, cataloging, indexing, Banned Books Week, classism, self-censorship, and free speech for library staff
  
  Inhalt: Introduction (Counterpoise interview with Kristin Hoyer, 2005) -- Why catalog? (u*l 116, 2000) -- Must "the poor" always be among us? (u*l 117, 2000) -- The top censored library stories of 1998-2000 (u*l 118, 2001) -- Updates and additions (u*l 119, 2001) -- Updates and additions (u*l 120, 2001) -- No more shushing : library staff and users speak (part 1) (u*l 121, 2001) -- Harry Potter imperiled, keyword searching as panacea, Robin Hood's noble liege, and other foolishness (u*l 124, 2002) -- "Not in my library!" (u*l 125, 2002) -- Updates and additions (u*l 127, 2003) -- Cuba libre! (u*l 128, 2003) -- No more shushing : library staff and users speak (part 2), more on Cuba (u*l 129, 2003) -- King County responds, "Banned books week" deconstructed, cataloging blues at LAPL, Loompanics' Mike Hoy on censorship, deep-sixed Afghan atrocity film, Cuba again (u*l 130, 2004) -- Access denied (u*l 133, 2004) -- Squelched letters, more access denied (u*l 134, 2005) -- Fighting the USA Patriot Act, updates and additions (u*l 135, 2005) -- UCLA cross-refs, AACR3, library openness (u*l 136, 2005) -- Cataloging zines and widgets (u*l 137, 2005) -- Questions (u*l 138, 2006) -- "Genocide" or merely "massacres"? : the politics of subject cataloging (u*l 139, 2006) -- Darfur revisited, GLBT access denied (u*l 140, 2006) -- Subject cataloging (part 1) (u*l 143, 2007) -- Subject cataloging (part 2) (u*l 142, 2007) -- Subject cataloging (postscript), self-censorship (u*l 143, 2007) -- Obsessions (u*l 144, 2007) -- Huh?, fines and fees, self-censorship (continued) (u*l 145, 2007) -- "Controversial" cataloging (u*l 146, 2008) -- Flawed indexing, erotica selection, subject heading currency, undercataloging (u*l 147, 2008) -- Darfur redux, LC cataloging rescue, subject heading currency (u*l 148, 2008) -- Book, many missed opportunities, or why cataloging matters (when it's done right) (u*l 149, 2008) -- Cats, cataloging, fines, and BBW (Banned books week) (u*l 150, 2009) -- More classism in the stacks (u*l 151, 2009) -- Cataloging stink, truth in materials selection, CEO pay (u*l 152, 2009) -- Liberated foreword, unrequited LC letters (u*l 153, 2009) -- Nation gets it wrong, more unrequited LC letters, LCSH currency (u*l 154, 2010) -- More (attempted) LCSH input, geopolitics versus historical truth (u*l 155, 2010) -- LCSH currency (continued), libraries and politics, retiring the r-word, Celeste West tribute (u*l 156, 2010) -- The kids are not all right (u*l 157, 2010) -- Remembrance of things past, interview excerpts (u*l 158, 2011) -- More interview excerpts, atheist deficit, what Rosa said (u*l 159, 2011) -- No to government secrecy and repression! (u*l 160, 2011) -- Word peeves, "content-enriched metadata," no "sexting" allowed (u*l 161, 2011) -- Really banned books, another word peeve, Clint's fantasy, OWS library trashed, PFC Manning's gift (u*l 162, 2012) -- Post office crisis, LC letters (u*l 163, 2012) -- Another real banning, the trashing of both Hypatia and her library, not-so-funny cataloging (u*l 164, 2012) -- Laureates support PFC Manning, self-censorship affirmed, J'accuse LC of untimeliness and sloth, let's hear it for Robin Hood! (u*l 166, 2013).
  
  Anmerkung: Rez. in: BuB 66(2014) H.10, S.722 (O. Dienelt) u.d.T.: Über einen unbequemen Kolumnisten: ein anderer Blickwinkel
  
  
  LCSH: Library science / Moral and ethical aspects ; Library science / Political aspects ; Libraries and society ; Censorship ; Libraries / Censorship ; Cataloging ; Subject cataloging ; Subject headings, Library of Congress ; Library & information sciences c 2000 to c 2010 ; c 2010 to c 2020
  DDC: 020
  LCC: Z671
  
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  Gödert, W. ; Lepsky, K. ; Nagelschmidt, M.: Informationserschließung und Automatisches Indexieren : ein Lehr- und Arbeitsbuch.
  Berlin : Springer, 2011. XIV, 434 S.
  ISBN 978-3-642-23512-2
  
  Abstract: Das Buch vermittelt Kenntnisse über die Modellierung dokumentbezogener Metadaten durch praktische Aufgabenstellungen, begleitende theoretische Erläuterungen sowie ergänzende Übungen. Als Beispiele dienen Bilddokumente und bibliografische Daten. Es wird vermittelt, wie entsprechende Datenbanken aufgebaut und mit geeigneten Suchumgebungen ausgestattet werden. Es wird dargestellt und praktisch geübt, wie Kenntnisse über die Struktur der Daten zum Import von Fremddaten genutzt werden können. Zielvorstellung ist der Aufbau von Datenbanken zur formalen und inhaltlichen Erschließung und die Gestaltung von Retrievalumgebungen, für bibliografische Daten auch die Erstellung von Bibliografien. Als Methoden zur inhaltlichen Erschließung werden besonders die semantische Strukturierung von Themenfeldern am Beispiel des aspektorientierten Thesaurus-Konzepts und das Automatische Indexieren bibliografischer Daten behandelt. Abgerundet wird die Darstellung durch die Diskussion von Bezügen zum Aufbau relationaler Datenbanken für bibliografische Daten sowie Hintergründe der Zeichencodierung und Ordnungsfragen.
  
  Inhalt: Vgl. auch: http://www.springerlink.com/content/978-3-642-23512-2/#section=967982&page=1.
  
  Anmerkung: Rez. in: ABI Technik 32(2012) H.2, S.113-114 (F. Förster)
  
  Themenfeld: Grundlagen u. Einführungen: Allgemeine Literatur
  
  LCSH: Computer science ; Database management ; Information storage and retrieval systems ; Computational linguistics ; Library science
  RSWK: Bilddatenbank ; Literaturdatenbank ; Relationale Datenbank ; Datenorganisation ; Bibliografische Beschreibung ; Inhaltserschließung ; Automatische Indexierung ; Information Retrieval
  BK: 06.70 (Katalogisierung / Bestandserschließung) ; 06.74 (Informationssysteme)
  DDC: 025.30285 / ddc22ger ; 025.04 / ddc22ger
  GHBS: BCA (FHK) ; AVJ (W)
  LCC: Z695.92 ; QA76.9
  RVK: AN 73400 ; AN 95300 ; ST 265 ; ST 270 ; AN 95100
  
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  Bates, M.J. u. M.N. Maack (Hrsg.): Encyclopedia of library and information sciences.Third Edition (Print Set).
  Boca Raton, FL : CRC Pr Inc., 2010.
  ISBN 978-0-8493-9712-7
  
  Abstract: Often invisible to the broader society, the information disciplines determine much of what is available to these societies from their entire heritage of knowledge, culture, and entertainment. Containing 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 covers a broad spectrum of related information disciplines, including: archival science; bibliography; document and genre theory; informatics; information systems; knowledge management; library and information science; museum studies; records management; and, social studies of information.
  
  Anmerkung: Vgl.: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=g917610982~db=all~tab=toc.
  
  Wissenschaftsfach: Bibliothekswesen ; Informationswissenschaft
  
  LCSH: Library science / Encyclopedias ; Information science / Encyclopedias
  RSWK: Information und Dokumentation / Bibliothek / Wörterbuch
  BK: 06.00 / Information und Dokumentation: Allgemeines
  LCC: Z1006
  
• 6
  Spink, A.: Information behavior : an evolutionary instinct.
  Heidelberg : Springer, 2010. XXVIII, 85 S.
  ISBN 978-3-642-11496-0
  (Information science and knowledge management ; 6159)
  
  Abstract: Information behavior has emerged as an important aspect of human life, however our knowledge and understanding of it is incomplete and underdeveloped scientifically. Research on the topic is largely contemporary in focus and has generally not incorporated results from other disciplines. In this monograph Spink provides a new understanding of information behavior by incorporating related findings, theories and models from social sciences, psychology and cognition. In her presentation, she argues that information behavior is an important instinctive sociocognitive ability that can only be fully understood with a highly interdisciplinary approach. The leitmotivs of her examination are three important research questions: First, what is the evolutionary, biological and developmental nature of information behavior? Second, what is the role of instinct versus environment in shaping information behavior? And, third, how have information behavior capabilities evolved and developed over time? Written for researchers in information science as well as social and cognitive sciences, Spink's controversial text lays the foundation for a new interdisciplinary theoretical perspective on information behavior that will not only provide a more holistic framework for this field but will also impact those sciences, and thus also open up many new research directions.
  
  Anmerkung: Rez. in: iwp 62(2011) H.1, S.48 (D. Lewandowski): "... Es ist sehr schade, dass die Autorin aus diesem interessanten und für die Zukunft des Fachs sicherlich entscheidenden Thema nicht mehr gemacht hat. Gerade bei einem Thema, das noch nicht intensiv beackert wurde, ist eine ausführliche Darstellung von großer Bedeutung. Auch in Hinblick auf die Unmenge an Literatur, die in diesem Buch zitiert wird, erscheint die Form der Darstellung in keiner Weise angemessen. Ebenso unangemessen wirkt der Preis von 85 Euro für dieses schmale Werk, welches auch gut in der Form von einem oder zwei längeren Aufsätzen hätte veröffentlicht werden können."
  
  Themenfeld: Informationsdienstleistungen
  
  LCSH: Anthropology ; Computer science ; Library science ; Social sciences
  RSWK: Information / Wissensorganisation / Kognitive Entwicklung / Anthropologie
  BK: 06.35 / Informationsmanagement
  DDC: 153 / DDC22ger
  
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  Bowman, J.H. (Hrsg.): British librarianship and information work : 2001-2005.
  Aldershot : Ashgate, 2007. XII, 554 S.
  ISBN 978-0-7546-4778-2
  
  Abstract: This important reference volume covers developments in aspects of British library and information work during the five year period 2001-2005. Over forty contributors, all of whom are experts in their subject, provide an overview of their field along with extensive further references which act as a starting point for further research. The book provides a comprehensive record of library and information management during the past five years and will be essential reading for all scholars, library professionals and students.
  
  Themenfeld: Informationsdienstleistungen
  Land/Ort: GB
  
  LCSH: Libraries / Great Britain ; Library science / Great Britain
  RSWK: Großbritannien / Bibliothek / Geschichte 2001-2005 / Aufsatzsammlung ; Großbritannien / Bibliothekswissenschaft / Geschichte 2001-2005 / Aufsatzsammlung
  DDC: 027.04109049
  
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  Bowman, J.H. (Hrsg.): British librarianship and information work : 1991-2000.
  Aldershot : Ashgate, 2006. 582 S.
  ISBN 978-0-7546-4779-9
  
  Abstract: This important reference volume covers developments in almost every aspect of British library and information work during the ten-year period 1991-2000. Some forty contributors, all of whom are experts in their subject, provide a robust overview of their specialities along with extensive further references which act as a starting point for further research. The book provides a comprehensive record of what took place in library and information management during a decade of considerable change and challenges. It is an essential reference resource for librarians and information professionals.
  
  Themenfeld: Informationsdienstleistungen
  Land/Ort: GB
  
  LCSH: Libraries / Great Britain ; Library science / Great Britain
  RSWK: Großbritannien / Bibliothek / Geschichte 1991-2000 / Aufsatzsammlung ; Großbritannien / Bibliothekswissenschaft / Geschichte 1991-2000 / Aufsatzsammlung
  DDC: 027.04109049
  
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  Redmond-Neal, A. u. M.M.K. Hlava (Hrsg.): ASIS&T Thesaurus of Information Science, Technology and Librarianship.3rd ed.
  Medford, NJ : Information Today, 2005. XIII, 255 S. + CD-ROM.
  ISBN 1-57387-243-1
  (ASIST monograph series)
  
  Inhalt: Bei der Buchausgabe mit CD findet sich auf dieser eine elektronische Version des ASIS&T-Thesaurus, zusammen mit der Software C der Firma Data Harmony. Mit dieser unter Windows laufenden Software wurde der Thesaurus für die dritte Auflage erstellt.
  
  Anmerkung: Rez. in: KO 32(2005) no.4, S.159-160 (G.J.A. Riesthuis): "This thesaurus is a revised edition of: ASIS thesaurus of information science and librarianship, edited by Jessica L. Milstead, 2nd ed. (1998). The change in the title is result of the change of the name of the ASIS (American Society of Information Science) into American Society for Information Science and Technology. Since 2002 the 2nd edition was used by Information Science Abstracts (now Information Science & Technology Abstracts). In the 2nd edition the goal of the thesaurus was formulated as "[include concepts from] information science and librarianship to a depth that will adequately support indexing in those fields with [...] related fields [...] computer science, linguistics and cognitive sciences [...]" (p. vii). The present editors started to update the thesaurus to reflect "the current state of the field and to implement it for indexing the Society's publications for the ASIS&T Digital Library" (p. v). The draft 3rd edition is used to index a great part of the Society's four publications. This means that the 3`1 edition is, more than its predecessors, based on literary warrant as far as this warrant is reflected in ASIS&T publications. The Netherlands have a descriptor, but Romania or Portugal not. The Bliss Bibliographic Classification is mentioned, but the far more often used Russian Library Bibliographical Classification (BBK) is missing. The thesaurus is presented in three parts: 1. An alphabetical listing of all terms. Here one finds the preferred and non-preferred terms with their relations denoted in the customary form (SN, BT, NT, RT, USE and UF). The ordering is word-byword. 2. An hierarchical display of the terms. This display contains the preferred terms only. 3. A permuted display of all terms. Unlike the 2nd edition, this list contains the non-preferred terms too. The thesaurus is like its predecessors a faceted one. There are seven main facets: 1. People and organizations, 2. Actions, events, and processes, 3. Physical objects, 4. Theoretical concepts and influences on information, 5. Information, information delivery formats and channels, 6. Methods of study, 7. Geographic information. The first five facets are subdivided in subfacets, the last have just one subfacet each. In total there arc 18 subfacets, referred to as "top terms" in the language of the thesaurus. This structure is not very different from the structure of the second edition, although the number of subfacets and the terminology has changed. There is one new facet "geographic information" with one subfacet: "countries and regions". In this facet one can see very clearly see that the thesaurus is based on literary warrant: only relatively few countries arc mentioned. The facet "methods of study" is expanded strongly. Under each of the top terms additional concepts are presented in a hierarchical structure. The maximum depth of the hierarchy is nine, although most subfacets have no more than four or five levels. The record for the "bibliometrics" entry shows clearly the changes. The domain and the main structure have not changed, but narrower terms not previously mentioned are added." ; Weitere Rez. in: Information - Wissenschaft und Praxis 58(2007) H.1, S.59-60 (J. Fassbender) mit Berücksichtigung der Software Thesaurus Master.
  
  Themenfeld: Thesauri
  Wissenschaftsfach: Informationswissenschaft ; Bibliothekswesen
  Objekt: ASIST-Thesaurus
  
  LCSH: Subject headings / Information science ; Subject headings / Information technology ; Subject headings / Library science
  BK: 06.70 / Katalogisierung / Bestandserschließung ; 06.00 / Information und Dokumentation: Allgemeines ; 06.44 / IuD-Einrichtungen
  DDC: 025.4/902 / dc22
  LCC: Z695.1.I56M54 2005
  
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  Crowley, W.: Spanning the theory-practice divide in library and information science.
  Lanham, MD : Scarecrow Press, 2005. xiv, 241 S.
  ISBN 0-8108-5165-2
  
  Inhalt: Theorizing for diverging contexts : why research results and theory development are so little used outside the campus -- Developing a research philosophy -- The revival of pragmatism -- Tacit knowledge: bridging the theory-practice divide -- The academic as practitioner -- The practitioner as academic: adjunct facility/lecturers -- Other worlds of practice: the field practitioner -- Other worlds of practice: the consultant -- Theory and revelation -- The foundations for building bridges.
  
  Anmerkung: Rez. in: JASIST. 58(2007) no.4, S.606-607 (L.E. Harris): "Spanning is not a methodological "how-to"; rather it is a "how-tothink" book, intended for academicians and practitioners, on developing useful theory. Each chapter opens with a brief scenario, generally derived from Crowley's extensive personal experience as a librarian, university professor, and consultant, exemplifying the theme for that chapter. In chapter one, "Theorizing for Diverging Contexts: Why Research Results and Theory Development are So Little Used Outside the Campus," Crowley describes a doctoral candidate's experience in presenting her research at a national conference of working professionals. When the presentation is negatively received, the student's mentor rationalized the response by stating, "You have to remember, most of the people in the audience only have a master's degree" (p. 2). From this example, a cogent argument is distilled on how pervasive the theorypractice divide is in various academic domains, such as business, law, sociology, and LIS. What is useful research and theory for academicians seeking career and professional advancement does not translate into for practitioners engaged in specific institutional/organizational environments. Cultural pragmatism is introduced as an aid to researchers in both camps for its inclusion of context specificity and the need for testing a theory's usefulness through continually analyzed experience. Herein, the structural foundation for the bridge is constructed in the section on communication. The development of an interlanguage between academicians and practitioners will minimize incommensurability, "the perceived inability of humans to communicate effectively with one another due to a lack of common standards for meaning and other shared foundations" (p. 15). In this vein, Crowley presents five maxims, based on the works of John Stuart Mill, for developing useful, real world theory. The chapter ends, as do several others, addressing the divide specifically in the LIS domain. One of the most thought-provoking chapters is "Developing a Research Philosophy," which includes sections on inductive reasoning, how people really think, and a discussion of the battle between intellectual formations and internalized models. As a teacher of experienced and/or mature students in an LIS program, I instantly recognized the description of a reoccurring classroom event: what happens when introducing theory or research results that contradict students' experiences, and therefore, their internalized models of "how things really work in the field." Crowley suggests that in seeking a research philosophy, persuasion should not be a primary concern. This simple suggestion encouraged me to reconsider my posture when faced with this classroom issue. However, this chapter may be considered one of the weakest in the book, because of its rather slim treatment of considerations for selecting a useful research philosophy, despite the emphasis on the importance of the concept. Nevertheless, this chapter is foundational to the work presented in the remaining chapters. ; In "The Revival of Pragmatism," the distinction between theory (how things work) and paradigm (how we look at the world) forms the basis for the exposition on competing paradigms. From Kuhn's traditional scientific paradigm (empiricism) to classical pragmatism, to the variants of modernism, specifically critical theory and feminism, the ability of cultural pragmatism to bridge the divide is promoted. The twelve core assertions and the role of religious beliefs in the creation of classical pragmatism are surely the stuff of which debates are made. While I was readily able to accept the first ten assertions, the eleventh ("Humans have the most opportunity to develop their capabilities in a democracy.") and twelfth ("Scientific and other knowledge progresses best in a democratic context that encourages freedom of inquiry.") certainly gave me pause (p. 60). Even Crowley admits, later in the text, that these two assertions may not be verifiable and indeed may conflict with the principle of freedom in research. In defining the applicability of cultural pragmatism to bridging the theory-practice gap, Crowley relates John Dewey's desire to rename his Experience and Nature to read Culture and Nature as a tribute to the power of readers' ability to understand the meaning of culture versus experience. Drawing on the work of Charles Sanders Peirce, cultural pragmatism treats "truth" as agreed-upon opinion, which is therefore continually tested and revised. The concepts of interlanguage and incommensurability are revisited, as they apply to the need to transcend cultural norms and create cross-cultural understandings. The increased complexity of modern work, partially related to the pervasiveness of technology, is established as an obvious factor. As a result, the validity and reliability of generalizing in a global environment is called into question. Cultural pragmatism does not demand an adherence to an objective reality. "For pragmatism, cultural complexity can be an intellectual positive, offering a seemingly endless source of remarkably interesting research questions" (p. 82). This chapter is highly recommended for LIS professionals interested in a brief yet coherent overview of the prevailing paradigms discussed and utilized in the field, as well as those who like to stir up lively discussions. A description of how the Maryland Division of Library Developments improved reference service by turning tacit knowledge into explicit knowledge opens the next chapter, "Tacit Knowledge: Bridging the Theory-Practice Divide." This example illustrates concretely the impact of an interlanguage on communication effectiveness within a library setting and as part of a research project. The role of time in the transformation of tacit into explicit knowledge, however, is apparent yet not fully explored. In this chapter, Crowley directly addresses the "how-to-think" issues and the role of a research philosophy as structural components of the bridge. Tacit knowledge becomes an integral component which researchers must recognize if they are to construct useful research and theory. The discussion of Georg Simmel's stranger as an analytical tool, however, seemed out of place. ; In the next four chapters, Crowley takes on the particulars involved in the divide by looking at library and information professionals engaged in and transitioning to various research and theory development roles. In "The Academic as Practitioner," he examines how the publishing world influences how academics communicate with practitioners and the difficulties in writing for practitioner-oriented publications. The history of religion in the development of higher education in general, and the research focus of doctoral-degree granting institutions, is offered to explain the dominance of the academic practitioner. The paradoxical edicts of the Ohio legislature, which sought to balance classroom time for professors by law, paint a vivid picture of the results-oriented public and the research-oriented academic institution. In "The Practitioner as Academic: Adjunct Faculty/Lecturers," the question of the perceived lack of "rigor" in practitioner-conducted research is illustrated and illuminated. While Crowley points out the value of "how we did it good" research, as providing material for qualitative analysis, I found myself desiring a bit more methodological instruction. Given where and when such articles are published, how such qualitative analysis could be conducted called the value of this research into question, given the prior treatise on conducting research in an academic environment. "Other Worlds of Practice: The Field Practitioner" and "Other Worlds of Practice: The Consultant" are extremely short expositions which, while addressing alternative professionals' roles, do not significantly further the premise of the work. Nonetheless, Crowley might have been considered remiss if he had excluded these professionals. ; "Theory and Revelation" is devoted to encouraging LIS researchers, in any capacity, not to dismiss the role of faith, beliefs, and religion. The ending section presents "A Nine-Step Model for Pragmatic Research," which stops just short of being a "how-to" by not elucidating on the methodological considerations for each step. The model, while textual, bears a striking resemblance to the flow charts for approaching research found in many research instructional works, even though the entertaining of "solutions" to problems is an iterative element of the process. The text concludes with "The Foundations for Building Bridges," a fivepage summary section, almost woefully inadequate given the substantial issues developed and presented throughout the work. Crowley must be commended for his comprehensive approach to the subject, the detailed annotations, the glossary, the summary of works cited, and the index. The format of starting each chapter with a themed scenario prevented the writing from becoming dry and sleepinducing. Most of the chapters end with a specific section addressing how the issues relate to LIS. The overall structure of the text follows logically from the more theoretical to the more applicable. However, there is a definite bias towards occurrences where practitioners and academicians tend to co-exist and function in a research environment, i.e., library science and academic institutions. Information professionals working in public and community college libraries are discussed in a rather superficial manner. How cultural pragmatism can influence research and theory centered in the information science domain must still be considered in more depth than presented in this text. Further expansion on, and a critical analysis of, cultural pragmatism as a metatheoretical perspective is definitely in order. Hopefully, Spanning the Theory-Practice Divide in Library and Information Science will be an introduction to the use of cultural pragmatism in LIS research and in the development of useful theory. In response to an e-mail from me upon first reading the text, the author informed me of his contact with several other doctoral students interested in furthering their understanding of cultural pragmatism. Inspiring other professionals is certainly a testament to the value of the work and supports my recommendation for this text as essential reading for LIS professionals interested in producing research and theory that are truly useful."
  
  Wissenschaftsfach: Bibliothekswesen ; Informationswissenschaft
  
  LCSH: Information science ; Library science ; Learning and scholarship
  RSWK: USA / Bibliothekswissenschaft / Informations- und Dokumentationswissenschaft
  BK: 06.04 / Ausbildung, Beruf, Organisationen ; 06.00 / Information und Dokumentation: Allgemeines
  DDC: 020 / dc22
  LCC: Z665.C786 2005
  RVK: AN 65800
  
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  Hacker, G. u. T. Seela (Hrsg.): Bibliothek leben : Das deutsche Bibliothekswesen als Aufgabe für Wissenschaft und Politik. Eine Festschrift für Engelbert Plassmann zum 70. Geburtstag.
  Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz, 2005. 320 S.
  ISBN 3-447-05101-9
  
  Inhalt: Enthält die Beiträge: Retrospektiven Hans-Michael Schäfer: "Warum baut ein Privatmann eine Bibliothek" - Die Bibliothek Warburg inmitten der preußisch dominierten Bibliothekslandschaft zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts; Horst Röhling: Slavica und Universales im wissenschaftlich-politischen und anthropologischen Kontext der Bibliothek; Dale Askey: Bibliothekstourismus zwischen Deutschland und den Vereinigten Staaten; Hans-Christoph Hobohm: Bibliothek als Zensur; Günter Pflug: Die Ausbildung des höheren Bibliotheksdienstes nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg; Konrad Umlauf: Bibliotheksentwicklungsplanung 1966 bis 1973 und Bibliotheken 2007; Hans Joachim Meyer: Kontinuität und Neubeginn - Sächsische Bibliothekspolitik nach 1990; Siegfried Schmidt: Eine verpaßte Gelegenheit? - Gründe und Hintergründe zur Schließung der Fachhochschule für das öffentliche Bibliothekswesen Bonn; Walther Umstätter: Bibliothekswissenschaft im Spannungsfeld von Bibliotheksgeschichte, Nationalökonomie des Geistes und Informatik; Helmut Jüngling: Themen à la mode -Versuch einer informetrischen Analyse informationswissenschaftlicher Datenbanken; Perspektiven Wolfgang Schmitz: "Gemeinsam können wir viel bewirken" - Die gemeinsamen Fachbibliotheken von USB und Instituten an der Universität zu Köln; Jürgen Hering: Vier Buchstaben und etwas Farbe - Zum Erscheinungsbild der SLUB in der Öffentlichkeit; Ludger Syré: Haben Regionalbibliotheken eine Zukunft? - Zeitgemäße Betrachtungen zu einem scheinbar unzeitgemäßen Bibliothekstyp; Gudrun Behm-Steidel: Spezialbibliotheken in Deutschland - Nische im Bibliothekswesen oder Vorreiter im Informationsmanagement?; Regina Peeters: Auf der Kuhstraße zur Weltliteratur oder: Jedes Lesen ist Übersetzen; Holger Knudsen: Die International Association of Law Libraries (IALL); Torsten Seela: Bibliotheken und Museen als Informationsdienstleister -Konvergenzen und Divergenzen; Christian Uhlig: Buchhandel und Bibliotheken - Konfrontation oder Kooperation?; Reimar Riese: Macht unsere Bücher preiswerter! - Die Preiswürdigkeit von Büchern im Meinungsbild ihrer Konsumenten; Gerhard Hacker: Die Hybridbibliothek - Blackbox oder Ungeheuer?; Jürgen Seefeldt: Die Zukunft der Bibliothek - die Bibliothek der Zukunft: Visionen, Traumschlösser, Realitäten
  
  
  LCSH: Library science / Germany ; Libraries / Germany ; Libraries and booksellers / Germany
  RSWK: Deutschland / Bibliothek / Aufsatzsammlung ; Deutschland / Bibliothekspolitik / Geschichte 1900-2005 / Aufsatzsammlung
  BK: 06.30 Bibliothekswesen ; 06.40 Bibliotheksarten
  DDC: 020.943 / dc22
  GHBS: AUEP (E) ; BAC (FH K)
  KAB: BF F 433.10
  LCC: Z665.2.G3B49 2005
  RVK: AN 51000 Allgemeines / Buch- und Bibliothekswesen, Informationswissenschaft / Bibliothekswesen / Bibliographien, Sammelschriften / Fest- und Gedenkschriften für Personen
  
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  Fidel, R., H. Bruce, P. Ingwersen u. P. Vakkari (Hrsg.): Emerging frameworks and methods : Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on the Conceptions of Library and Information Science (CoLIS4), Seattle, WA, July 21 - 25, 2002.
  Greenwood Village, Co. : Libraries Unlimited, 2002. XI, 336 S.
  ISBN 1-59158-016-1
  
  Abstract: Held for the first time in the United States, the Conference on Conceptions of Library and Information Science (CoLIS4) is the fourth in the series of international conferences that bring together leading researchers from around the world. CoLIS4 provides a forum for critically exploring and analyzing library and information science as a discipline and as a field of research from historical, philosophical, theoretical, and methodological perspectives. The papers in this volume cover a wide variety of topics, presenting the latest research and information on new developments and new approaches to conceptual frameworks and methods in library and information science. Papers range from a re-examination of the core concepts to empirical studies, analyzing such areas as Web searching, information retrieval, informetrics, information behavior, aspects of learning, business intelligence, and information processing mechanisms. As library and information science is closely associated with a variety of other disciplines and its practice employs technologies that are changing rapidly, presenters focus on the old and the new, address theory and practice, and bridge diverse intellectual areas. From challenging existing approaches and proposing new ones to establishing models and reviewing methods-the presenters lead the way to change and further exploration.
  
  Inhalt: The Fourth International Conference on Conceptions of Library and Information Science (CoLIS4), held at the The Information School, University of Washington, Seattle, continued the tradition of the previous three CoLIS conferences, begun in 1991 at the University of Tampere, Finland. CoLIS4 was organized by Washington in cooperation with the Department of Information Studies, Tampere, the Royal School of Library and Information Science in Denmark, and the American Society for Information Science and Technology. As in the previous conferences, CoLIS4 invited papers presenting new research topics and approaches in library and information science (LIS) and, at the same time, encouraged contributors and attendees to step back from the practice and dissemination of their research to assess the current state of LIS as a discipline, from historical, theoretical, philosophical, and empirical perspectives. Held for the first time in North America-significantly at the home of a revitalized and actively expanding LIS program in a technology-rich region-CoLIS4 attracted 120 attendees from 16 countries. Presenters and attendees were mostly LIS researchers from academic institutions and research institutes, as well as a number from the information and technology industries. Three full days included a keynote address, 17 papers by an international slate of presenters, two panel discussions, and a poster session during an evening reception. The conference was preceded and followed by two days of tutorials and workshops, as well as a doctoral presentation forum. Breakfasts, lunches, coffee breaks, and a banquet at Microsoft Corporation headquarters were provided to give participants ample time to mix informally. ; To encourage a spirit of deeper reflection, the organizing committee invited 20-minute paper presentations, each followed by 10 minutes of discussion. (There were no separate, concurrent tracks.) This approach encouraged direct follow-up questions and discussion which carried forward from session to session, providing a satisfying sense of continuity to the overall conference theme of exploring the interaction between conceptual and empirical approaches to LIS. The expressed goals of CoLIS4 were to: - explore the existing and emerging conceptual frameworks and methods of library and information science as a field, - encourage discourse about the character and definitions of key concepts in LIS, and - examine the position of LIS among parallel contemporary domains and professions likewise concerned with information and information technology, such as computer science, management information systems, and new media and communication studies. The keynote address by Tom Wilson (University of Sheffield) provided an historical perspective on the philosophical and research frameworks of LIS in the post-World War II period. He traced the changing emphases on the objects of LIS study: definitions of information and documents; information retrieval, relevance, systems, and architectures; information users and behaviors. He raised issues of the relevance of LIS research to real-world information services and practice, and the gradual shift in research approaches from quantitative to qualitative. He concluded by stressing the ongoing need of LIS for cumulative, theory-based, and content-rich bodies of research, meaningful to practitioners and useful to contemporary LIS education. ; Themes and questions threaded throughout the conference papers and panels addressed the uniqueness of LIS as a contemporary "intersection of information, technology, people, and society" (CoLIS Proceedings Preface). Papers by Birger Hjørland and by Sanna Talja, Kimmo Tuominen, and Reijo Savolainen directly addressed the essential nature and metatheory of LIS as a field of inquiry by reviewing its theoretical models and epistemological perspectives, such as the information transfer model and socio-cognitive theory. The cognitive grounding of much LIS research was present in Pertti Vakkari's and Mikko Pennanen's study linking university students' concept formation with their search processes and task performances while preparing research proposals, as well as in Peter Ingwersen's analysis of the cognitive conception of document polyrepresentation (multiple ways of representing documents) applied to information retrieval. A number of papers presented empirically and theoretically derived taxonomies of the fundamental characteristics of information bearers (documents and systems) and information behaviors (both individual and collaborative). These mark a contemporary effort to enumerate and classify the elements that LIS researchers should be examining and with which they should be building systems and generating theory. Nicholas Belkin and Colleen Cool reported on field research with which they are constructing a taxonomy of interactions in information seeking and communication behavior, to be used to inform information system building. Rong Tang presented her taxonomic study of Web searching query patterns and argued for the need to link these to user cognitive operations and search tasks. Linda Cooper explored school children's categorizations and knowledge of information organization in libraries by having them arrange books and topics visually and spatially on "virtual" bookshelves. Kartriina Byström and Preben Hansen proposed a nested typology of the concepts of work tasks, information seeking tasks, and information retrieval tasks as units of analysis for LIS research. Work task and domain analysis figured importantly in several papers, reflecting a increasing application of information context research approaches. In addition to Byström and Hansen's theoretical study of the concepts of tasks in general, the work reported by researchers at Risø National Laboratory, Denmark (Annelise Mark Pejtersen, Bryan Cleal, Morten Hertzum, Hanne Albrechtsen) demonstrated the application of the Cognitive Work Analysis (CWA) framework used to inform the design of a virtual "collaboratory" used by three European film archives. Birger Hjørland asserted that domain analysis, including the study of the interests, goals, values, and consequences of information use and users in specific subject and work domains, is central to the practice of LIS. ; LIS research and evaluation methodologies fell under the same scrutiny and systematization, particularly in the presentations employing multiple and mixed methodologies. Jaana Kekäläinen's and Kalervo Järvelin's proposal for a framework of laboratory information retrieval evaluation measures, applied along with analyses of information seeking and work task contexts, employed just such a mix. Marcia Bates pulled together Bradford's Law of Scattering of decreasingly relevant information sources and three information searching techniques (browsing, directed searching, and following links) to pose the question: what are the optimum searching techniques for the different regions of information concentrations? Jesper Schneider and Pia Borlund applied bibliometric methods (document co-citation, bibliographic coupling, and co-word analysis) to augment manual thesaurus construction and maintenance. Fredrik Åström examined document keyword co-occurrence measurement compared to and then combined with bibliometric co-citation analysis to map LIS concept spaces. Ian Ruthven, Mounia Lalmas, and Keith van Rijsbergen compared system-supplied query expansion terms with interactive user query expansion, incorporating both partial relevance assessment feedback (how relevant is a document) and ostensive relevance feedback (measuring when a document is assessed as relevant over time). Scheduled in the midst of the presentations were two stimulating panel and audience discussions. The first panel, chaired by Glynn Harmon, explored the current re-positioning of many library and information science schools by renaming themselves to eliminate the "library" word and emphasize the "information" word (as in "School of Information," "Information School," and schools of "Information Studies"). Panelists Marcia Bates, Harry Bruce, Toni Carbo, Keith Belton, and Andrew Dillon presented the reasons for name changes in their own information programs, which include curricular change and expansion beyond a "stereotypical" library focus, broader contemporary theoretical approaches to information, new clientele and markets for information services and professionals, new media formats and delivery models, and new interdisciplinary student and faculty recruitment from crossover fields. Sometimes criticized for over-broadness and ambiguity-and feared by library practitioners who were trained in more traditional library schools-renaming schools both results from and occasions a renewed examination of the definitions and boundaries of the field as a whole and the educational and research missions of individual schools. ; Another panel discussion, "The Dark Side of Information Technology," chaired by Victor Rosenberg, focused on the role of LIS in studying and ameliorating the contemporary social impact of technology and of information itself. Panelists Rosenberg, Paul Edwards, and David Levy asked what the social and psychological impact of information and its technologies means for how LIS studies people and collections as parts of information "systems." They suggested that LIS as a discipline is the logical forum for discussing the negative effects of technology and the less healthy aspects of information-its increasing ubiquity and volume, speedy proliferation, and invasive potential-as well as their demonstrated positive potential for applications in education and community-building. Several audience contributors, however, questioned the reality and "hype" of information overload and threats to human psychology and social values, and also reminded the attendees that new technologies and information encourage self-sufficiency and independence in developing countries. (Indeed, the global impact of information science and technologies was a theme of several conference papers, for example, in the studies of Erica Cosijn, Ari Pirkola, Theo Bothma, and Kalervo Järvelin of cross-lingual information access in indigenous languages and in Irene Wormell's study of the global dissemination of national and regional LIS journals by means of informetric analysis and the quantitative study of information flows.) With re-examination of such a broad range of interests, principles, methodologies, and applications of LIS currently taking place, CoLIS4 was in itself a demonstration of a spontaneous, collaborative "domain analysis." The CoLIS4 goal of providing a forum for just this sort of discussion was well realized.
  
  Anmerkung: Vgl. den Bericht in: Knowledge organization. 29(2002) nos.3/4, S.231-234.
  
  
  LCSH: Library science / Congresses ; Information science / Congresses
  RSWK: USA / Bibliothek / Informationsvermittlung / Kongress / Seattle «Wash., 2002»
  DDC: 020 21
  LCC: Z672.5.I5616 2002
  
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  Wegmann, N.: Bücherlabyrinthe : Suchen und Finden im alexandrinischen Zeitalter.
  Wien : Böhlau, 2000. xii, 368 S.
  ISBN 3-412-15499-7
  
  Abstract: Ein Buch ist ein Buch ist ein Buch. Bücher sind Informationsträger, kulturelle Identitätsträger und Kultobjekte. Sie werden geschrieben, gelesen und gesammelt, katalogisiert, klassifiziert, rezensiert. Das Buch ist eine der Säulen der abendländischen Zivilisation. Seit sich unbedarften Beobachtern das Ende der Gutenberg-Galaxie anzubahnen scheint, ist auch das öffentliche Interesse am Buch gestiegen. Nikolaus Wegmann hat sich in seiner kürzlich erschienenen Habilitationsschrift mit dem Suchen und Finden von Büchern beschäftigt und dabei eine breite Palette von Themen gestreift: Von der Bibliothek als Moloch und Mülldeponie über die Bedeutung von Katalogen bis hin zur poststrukturalistischen Literaturtheorie reicht sein Spektrum. Die Bibliothek, so lesen wir, ist nicht nur «simpler Einstellplatz für Bücher», sondern eine «hochkomplexe technische Installation, in der sich epistemologische, soziale wie politische und zunehmend auch kommerzielle Elemente bündeln». Doch wie kann die Bibliothek diese Funktionen heute alle wahrnehmen, wenn in den ersten 450 Jahren nach der Einführung des Buchdruckes durch Johannes Gutenberg rund 10 Millionen Bücher gedruckt wurden, zurzeit aber jedes Jahr eine Million erscheinen, die in den Regalen der Bibliotheken gesammelt und katalogisiert werden sollten? Was also soll in der Bibliothek gesammelt werden? Ausserdem: Wie lässt sich das Gesammelte wieder finden? Wegmann beschreibt nicht die bibliothekswissenschaftlichen oder informationswissenschaftlichen Debatten, die in letzten Jahren zu dieser Frage geführt wurden, sondern er untersucht die kulturwissenschaftliche Praxis von Buchmenschen quer durch die Geschichte. Das ist ein neuer und anregender Ansatz. Sein Buch hebt sich damit wohltuend ab von der Flut bibliothekswissenschaftlicher Elaborate, die mehr oder weniger geistreich das Ende der Gutenberg-Galaxie bejammern. Wegmann interpretiert viele Themen gegen den Strich, argumentiert nicht selten originell und mit einem breiten Wissen. Nicht immer ist dem Leser der rote Faden der Untersuchung präsent, zu oft plaudert Wegmann einige Seiten lang über Nebensächlichkeiten und Details. Doch ist nicht gerade dies - Lektüre als vom Autor geplante Reise des Lesers - der Vorzug des Buches?
  
  Inhalt: Zugleich Habil.-Schrift Uni Köln
  
  Anmerkung: Rez. in: Zfbb 49(2002) H.3, S.178 (U. Schneider)
  
  
  LCSH: Libraries / History ; Library science / History ; Books and reading / History
  RSWK: Buch / Bibliothek / Leser / Literatur / Geschichte ; Bibliothek / Theorie / Literaturwissenschaft ; Buchproduktion / Wachstum / Buch / Sammeln / Bibliophilie / Hochschulschrift / Geschichte (SBPK) ; Bibliothek / Aufsatzsammlung (ÖVK) ; Bibliothek / Literaturrecherche (BVB)
  BK: 06.30 / Bibliothekswesen / Dokumentationswesen: Allgemeines ; 06.21 Buchgeschichte ; 06.24 / Bibliophilie / private Buchsammlungen ; 06.60 Bibliotheksbenutzung
  DDC: 027/.09 / dc21
  GHBS: AUB (DU) ; BOSB (DU) ; CJSB (DU) ; AUA (DU) ; AYC (HA) ; BAHM (FH K)
  LCC: Z665.W39 2000
  RVK: AN 65000 Allgemeines / Buch- und Bibliothekswesen, Informationswissenschaft / Bibliothekswesen / Grundlagen des Bibliothekswesens / Allgemeines
  
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  Wertsman, V.F.: ¬The librarian's companion : a handbook of thousands of facts and figures on libraries / libriarians, books / newspapers, publishers / booksellers.2nd ed.
  Greenwood Press : New York, 1996. XVI, 225 S.
  ISBN 0-313-29975-7
  
  Abstract: When initially published in 1987, the first edition of this book became an indispensable summary of librarianship and publishing around the world. It received much acclaim and was included in the tenth edition of Euguene Sheehy's Guide to Reference Books. Much has changed in the world of books, and this revised edition provides current and comprehensive coverage of the present state of libraries and publishing in the United States and abroad. While sections of the first edition have been updated, this revision also includes material on additional topics. The second edition offers almost 1,000 entries compared to the 644 entries of the first edition. The heart of the volume is an alphabetical listing of countries from around the world. Each entry provides valuable data about the political and economic condition of the country, illiteracy rate, and ratio of library holdings to inhabitants. More specific information is then provided about the number of libraries and their holdings, the number of publishers, and the number of books and newspapers published per year. Libraries of special note are indicated. The rest of the volume contains fascinating information on quotations about books and librarians, biographical sketches of book people, and representations of book-related topics in creative works. This new edition also provides a guide to Latin terms used in the book world, information on job search strategies for librarians, library awards and grants, and helpful advice for librarians and supervisors.
  
  Inhalt: Introduction to the Second Edition Abbreviations The Librarian's World Digest Library and Publishing Information by Country The Librarian's Special Interests Noted Librarians, Past and Present Who Said What on Books, Libraries, and Librarians Librarian's Belle Lettres Librarian's Philately: Books, Newspapers, and Libraries on Stamps, by Country Librarian's Latin Expressions Librarian's Job Finding Sources of Information Appendixes Librarian's Ten Golden Rules Librarian Supervisor's Ten Golden Rules Library Bill of Rights UNESCO Public Library Manifesto American Library Association Awards Online & Electronic Network "Smilie" Parlance Indexes
  
  
  LCSH: Library science / Handbooks, manuals, etc. ; Libraries / Handbooks, manuals, etc. ; Books and reading / Handbooks, manuals, etc. ; Book industries and trade / Handbooks, manuals, etc.
  DDC: 011'.02 / dc20
  LCC: Z670.W39
  
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  Bromley, D.W. u. A.M. Allott (Hrsg.): British librarianship and information work : 1986-1990.Vol.2: Special libraries, materials and processes.
  London : Library Association Publ., 1993. 352 S.
  ISBN 1-85604-001-0
  
  Abstract: "British Librarianship and Information Work 1986-1990" continues a series which has run for more than 60 years. It began, in 1928 as the annual "Year's Work in Librarianship", changed from 1951 to "Five Years' Work in Librarianship" and, with the volume for 1966-1970, took on its present title. The series has established itself as an important record of professional activity and thought, through its comprehensive reviews of most aspects of information and library work. It is valuable to those who wish to keep up to date professionally, noting current developments and trends. It will be equally useful for those researchers and students who in the future need to look back historically on the events and achivements of each quinquennium. This issue follows closely the contents and style of its immediate predecessor "British librarianship and information Work 1981-1985", being in two volumes, one covering general libraries and the library information profession, and the other being concerned with special libraries, materials and processes. All the topics in the previous volume are included, except for the chapter on Buildings and Equipment, the contents of which have been incorporated into other chapters. All the contributors were asked to describe the last five years' major events and publications in their fields, and, generally, to limit their contributions to about 7,500 words, with no restriction on the number of bibliographical references. All authors were requested to tackle their subjects thoroughly while conforming to their own personal and individual styles. No attempt has been made to impose an overall editorial style, or to avoid the duplication which results from writers covering specific, but inevitably overlapping, areas of interest. Cross references have not been inserted in the text from chapter to chapter, where duplication occurs, but a detailed subject index provides for readers wishing to approach the review with an interest in any specific area or topic. A separate list of acronyms and abbreviations appears in each volume, representing all such entries identified in both volumes.
  
  Anmerkung: Rez. in: Journal of librarianship and information science. 25(1993) no.4, S.213-214 (F. Hendrix)
  
  Themenfeld: Informationsdienstleistungen
  Land/Ort: GB
  
  LCSH: Library science and publishing
  RSWK: Großbritannien / Information und Dokumentation / Bibliothek
  BK: 06.30 / Bibliothekswesen / Dokumentationswesen: Allgemeines
  DDC: 020.941
  LCC: Z666 .F5
  
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  Lancaster, F.W. (Hrsg.): Ethics and the librarian : [papers presented at the Allerton Park Institute held October 29-31,1989, Allerton Conference Center, Robert Allerton Park, Monticello, Illinois].
  Urbana-Champaign, Ill. : University of Illinois, GSLIS, 1991. 126 S.
  ISBN 0-87845-085-8
  (Allerton Park Institute; no.31)
  
  Anmerkung: Rez. in: Journal of academic librarianship 18(1992) S.45 (T.L. Shoptaugh); Libraries and culture 27(1992) S.219-220 (A.E. Prentice)
  
  Themenfeld: Informationsethik
  
  LCSH: Librarians / Professional ethics / Congresses ; Library science / Moral and ethical aspects / Congresses
  RSWK: Bibliothek / Ethik / Aufsatzsammlung (HBZ) ; Bibliothekar / Berufsethik / Kongress / Urbana (HBZ) ; Bibliothekar / Berufsethik / Aufsatzsammlung (BVB)
  BK: 06.04 / Ausbildung, Beruf, Organisationen
  LCC: Z682.35.P75E74 1991
  
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  Egghe, L. ; Rousseau, R.: Introduction to informetrics : quantitative methods in library, documentation and information science.
  Amsterdam : Elsevier, 1990. XI,450 S.
  ISBN 0-444-88493-9
  
  Themenfeld: Informetrie
  
  Compass: Information science / Statistical mathematics
  LCSH: Library statistics ; Information science / Statistical methods ; Documentation / Statistical methods ; Library science / Statistical methods
  RSWK: Bibliometrie
  BK: 06.60 / Bibliotheksbenutzung
  DDC: 020.15195
  GHBS: AUB (DU) ; TLZ (DU) ; TKW (DU) ; TWD (DU) ; AYV (DU) ; BCGS (FH K) ; AUX (PB) ; AYQ (PB)
  LCC: Z669.8.E38 1990
  RVK: AN 70400 Allgemeines / Buch- und Bibliothekswesen, Informationswissenschaft / Bibliothekswesen / Bibliotheksverwaltung / Bibliotheksanalyse, -statistik
  
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  Oberhauser, O.: Multimedia information storage and retrieval using optical disc technology : potential for library and information services.
  Wien : Österreichisches Institut für Bibliotheksforschung, Dokumentations- und Informationswesen, 1990. VI,182 S.
  (Biblos-Schriften; Bd.151)
  
  Anmerkung: Zugl.: Cardiff, Univ. of Wales, Diss., 1990
  
  Themenfeld: Multimedia
  
  LCSH: Optical disks ; Optical storage devices ; Library science / Technological innovations ; Information storage and retrieval systems ; Information technology
  RSWK: Bibliothek / Optischer Speicher (GBV) ; Bildplatte / Informationsspeicher (HBZ) ; Bildplatte / Verzeichnis (HBZ) ; Bildplatte / Information und Dokumentation (BVB) ; Bildplatte / Museum (BVB) ; Bildplatte / Kunstgalerie (BVB) ; Bildplatte / Forschungseinrichtung (BVB) ; Bibliothek / Optische Speicherplatte / Verzeichnis (BVB) ; CD-ROM / Bibliothek (BVB) ; Informationseinrichtung / Optische Speicherplatte (BVB) ; Information Retrieval / CD-ROM (BVB)
  BK: 06.54 / Bibliotheksautomatisierung
  DDC: 025.3/0285 / dc20
  Eppelsheimer: Bib D 88 / Bildplatte
  GHBS: AWU (E) ; BBUD (FH K)
  LCC: Z681.3.O67O23 1990
  RVK: AN 73000 Allgemeines / Buch- und Bibliothekswesen, Informationswissenschaft / Bibliothekswesen / Datenverarbeitung / Allgemeines ; AN 95800 (BVB) ; AN 56000 (BVB) ; AN 95860 (BVB)
  
• 19
  Flynn, R.R.: ¬An introduction to information science.
  New York : Dekker, 1987. X, 793 S.
  ISBN 978-0-8247-7508-7
  
  Wissenschaftsfach: Informationswissenschaft
  
  LCSH: Information science ; Library science
  RSWK: Informations- und Dokumentationswissenschaft ; Informatik ; Informationssystem ; Informations- und Dokumentationswissenschaft / Einführung
  RVK: AN 92550 ; ES 900 ; ST 465
  
• 20
  Vann, S.K. (Hrsg.): Melvil Dewey: his enduring presence in librarianship.
  Littleton : Libraries Unlimited, 1978. 278 S.
  (The heritage of librarianship series; no.4)
  
  Themenfeld: Biographische Darstellungen
  Objekt: DDC
  
  LCSH: Dewey, Melvil, 1851 / 1931 ; Dewey, Melvil, 1851 / 1931 / Bibliography ; Librarians / United States / Biography ; Libraries / United States ; Library science
  RSWK: Bibliothek / Aufsatzsammlung (GBV) ; Dewey, Melvil (GBV)
  BK: 06.30 / Bibliothekswesen / Dokumentationswesen: Allgemeines
  DDC: 020/.92/4 B
  Eppelsheimer: a a Dewey, Melvil / <64>
  GHBS: AUED (DU) ; BACD (FH K)
  LCC: Z720.D5A3
  RVK: AN 58200