Librarianship: An Introduction

G. G. Chowdhury; Paul F. Burton; David McMenemy; Alan Poulter

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An Introduction

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G. G. Chowdhury, Paul F. Burton, David McMenemy, Alan Poulter

Publisher:: Facet
Online publication date:: June 2018
Print publication year:: 2007
Online ISBN:: 9781856049146
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.29085/9781856049146

Subjects:: Humanities, General

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Every profession needs an introductory text to its core body of knowledge. This brand new, definitive text from renowned authors Gobinda Chowdhury, Paul F. Burton, David McMenemy and Alan Poulter provides an introduction to librarianship for students and new entrants to the profession. This handbook is the first to give a complete overview of all aspects of professional librarianship in the 21st century, and to offer an up-to-date, authoritative analysis of modern libraries and librarianship. The key areas covered are: libraries and information services: evolution or revolution; information resources and services; information organization and access; library and information users and society; library technologies; library and information management; and, LIS education and training. Each chapter in this user-friendly text features clear learning aims and objectives and a list of revision questions to test and consolidate knowledge and understanding. Mapping onto course content for library and information studies internationally, this handbook is a single source of introductory explanations of library and information concepts for the student. It is also the quintessential primer for new professionals.

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An Introduction

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-xii

Preface
pp xiii-xvi

Acknowledgements
pp xvii-xviii

1 - Introduction
pp 1-12

Part 1 - Libraries and information services: evolution or revolution?
pp 13-16

2 - The history of libraries
pp 17-24

3 - Types of library service and library
pp 25-34

4 - Library design
pp 35-40

5 - The future of libraries
pp 41-44

Part 2 - Library and information resources and services
pp 45-48

6 - Content, storage and delivery
pp 49-54

7 - Library services
pp 55-64

8 - Collection management and collection development
pp 65-72

9 - Preservation and digitization
pp 73-84

Part 3 - Information organization and access
pp 85-88

10 - Classification
pp 89-102

11 - Cataloguing, bibliographic formats and metadata
pp 103-114

12 - Subject indexing and vocabulary control
pp 115-122

13 - Information retrieval
pp 123-140

Part 4 - Library and information users and society
pp 141-144

14 - The library as social institution
pp 145-154

15 - Services to library users
pp 155-164

16 - Government legislation and policies
pp 165-172

Part 5 - Library technologies
pp 173-176

17 - Fundamentals of computing and the information age
pp 177-184

18 - Information technology standards: databases, markup and the internet
pp 185-204

19 - Library management systems
pp 205-214

20 - Digital libraries
pp 215-228

Part 6 - Management and marketing in libraries
pp 229-232

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