Author: AslibPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
The Work of Aslib
Author: AslibThe Early Information Society
Author: Alistair BlackPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317034996
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
Whether termed the 'network society', the 'knowledge society' or the 'information society', it is widely accepted that a new age has dawned, unveiled by powerful computer and communication technologies. Yet for millennia humans have been recording knowledge and culture, engaging in the dissemination and preservation of information. In `The Early Information Society', the authors argue for an earlier incarnation of the information age, focusing upon the period 1900-1960. In support of this they examine the history and traditions in Britain of two separate but related information-rich occupations - information management and information science - repositioning their origins before the age of the computer and identifying the forces driving their early development. `The Early Information Society' offers an historical account which questions the novelty of the current information society. It will be essential reading for students, researchers and practitioners in the library and information science field, and for sociologists and historians interested in the information society.
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Author: Association of Special Libraries and Information Bureaux (Great Britain). ConferencePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Special libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Scientific Information Notes
Author: Science Information News
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Information services
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Los estudios ingleses. El reto del tercer milenio
Author: Francisco FernándezPublisher: Universitat de València
ISBN: 9788437042176
Category : English philology
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Report of Proceedings of the Conference - Association of Special Libraries and Information Bureaux
Author: Association of Special Libraries and Information Bureaux (Great Britain)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences
Author: John D. McDonaldPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1000031543
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 5538
Book Description
The Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences, comprising of seven volumes, now in its fourth edition, compiles the contributions of major researchers and practitioners and explores the cultural institutions of more than 30 countries. This major reference presents over 550 entries extensively reviewed for accuracy in seven print volumes or online. The new fourth edition, which includes 55 new entires and 60 revised entries, continues to reflect the growing convergence among the disciplines that influence information and the cultural record, with coverage of the latest topics as well as classic articles of historical and theoretical importance.
Aslib Proceedings
Author: Achieving Cultural Change in Networked Libraries
Author: William FosterPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351961039
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
The advent of globally networked information is a historic change. Educational, commercial and industrial institutions depend on its effective exploitation for their success, but cultural and human factors are the biggest obstacles. This book looks at the roots of these problems and how they may be overcome, through understanding recent developments in technical services, the difference between service and technical orientation, organizational culture, the role of subject expertise and the cultural heritage of the information profession. The book provides guidance and outlines best practice in: managing converging technologies; supporting change with organizational models; using cultural audits; the role of focus groups in implementing change; characterizing a learning organization; succeeding as a change agent, and managing change through technical services. Several chapters discuss the Electronic Libraries programme and the TAPin (Training and Awareness Programme in networks) model as examples of how cultural change takes place, particularly in the academic environment; one chapter concentrates exclusively on the characteristics of special libraries. This illuminating insight into the evolution of information cultures and how they do or don’t adapt to networked services will help information and library managers to achieve change with deeper understanding, and will provide useful advice for senior managers restructuring IT and information departments. The book is core reading for students of Information Studies.