Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science »

This reader-friendly supplement collects the latest advancements and research on new processes, developments, and technologies for the dissemination, access, and analysis of information-serving as a stand-alone source for anyone requiring an instant update on the many innovations in library science and information acquisition that have taken place over the past few years. This invaluable supplement offers new material on library operations, information access and processing, and information literacy. It contains resources for a solid understanding of the current state of library and information science in the 21st Century.

Library Journal

This new four-volume set builds on the work of the massive first edition, which began publication in 1968, reached Z with Volume 35 in 1983, and appeared as an annual supplement through Volume 72 in 2002. Edited by Drake (Georgia Inst. of Technology and a past president of the Special Libraries Association [SLA]) and guided by an editorial advisory board that reads like a who's who in library and information science (LIS), the new ELIS2 brings the well-known resource into the electronic age with outstanding essays by leading experts in digital library services. The set includes about 350 articles (and over 10,000 references) covering digital library projects, the preservation of electronic records, online instruction, JSTOR, access vs. ownership, ethical issues in information systems, and much more. Contributors are experts in their fields: Jose-Marie Griffiths on the role of chief information officers (CIOs) in universities; Paul Callister on digital content licensing; Keith Morgan on library portals; Christinger Tomer on digital initiatives in public libraries; Kevin Butterfield on the OPAC; and Jerry Campbell on the Scholar's Portal. Broad, authoritative essays (often over seven pages) about emerging electronic services are sorely needed, and these will be invaluable to LIS students. So, too, will be the extensive references and suggestions for further reading. ELIS2 covers more that just the digital library, however. Topics also include such bread-and-butter LIS subjects as collection development in public libraries (Cynthia Orr), humanities and its literature (John Immroth), and public library service to children (Marilyn Miller). Global content is strong, with over 15 articles profiling national libraries and additional essays on non-U.S. library associations and cooperatives. The one weakness is that some contributors--especially those writing about institutions and associations--are too close to their topics and lack critical distance. For example, David Bender, a former executive director of SLA, provides an entry about SLA that reads more like a public relations piece than an even-handed assessment of that organization. ELIS2 is also published online (for a full review, see Database&Disc Reviews, LJ 10/1/03). The online subscription is free for one year with purchase of the print edition; it is not available by separate subscription. Plans are to update the online version quarterly, and the list of forthcoming articles shows the same strong mix of international and technological coverage. Indispensable for all LIS collections, strongly recommended for social science and information science reference collections.--Brian Kenney, "Library Journal" Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

Academic Libraries in Canada. Academic Libraries in Eastern Europe. Academic Libraries in Japan. Acidic Papers and Preservation Strategies. African American Studies Databases. Anthropology Libraries. Book and Journal Publishing. Canadian Association of Research Libraries. CENDI. Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals. Children and Information Technology. Consortia, Library Buying. Copyright Clearance Center. CrossRef. Danish National Library Authority. Digital Object Identifier (DOI®). Digital Promise Project and the Digital Opportunity Investment Trust. Digital Reference. Domain Analysis in Information Science. Electronic Records Management. Environmental Information. Everyday Life Information Seeking. Firewalls. Fundraising on the Internet: On-Line Strategies for Non-Profit Organizations. German Academic Libraries. Herbert Hoover Library Information Architecture. Information Commons. Information Counseling. Information Productivity. Institutional E-Print Repositories for Research Visibility. Institutional Repositories. Integrated Library Systems. Joint Information Systems Committee. JSTOR. Libraries in Belarus. Libraries in Latvia. Libraries in Ukraine. Library Standards in Higher Education: An Overview. Medical Library Association. National Library of Sweden: History of the Royal Library. OCLC: A Worldwide Library Cooperative. Online National Bibliography. Ontology Definitions. Polish Libraries. Public Libraries in Romania. Public Libraries, Public Access Computing and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Regional Library Networks. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum. SFX. Special Libraries and Specialized Vocabularies for Technical Environments. Special Libraries in the UK. Student Outcomes Assessment. The British Library. The Internet and Public Library Use. The Queens Borough Public Library. Trends in Legal Publishing. U.S. Embassy Libraries. Undergraduate Library Collections. Unicode. UNISIST Model of Scientific Communication. Video on Demand—The Prospect and Promise for Libraries. Virtual Libraries and Distance Learning in the United States. Webometrics. Women's Studies Databases. World Data Centers