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What began in 1994 as a five-page handout, the Dictionary of Library and Information Science soon was expanded and converted to electronic format for installation on the Western Connecticut State University Library Web site, where it is in high demand by library professionals, scholars, and students, and has won international praise. Now available for the first time in print, the Dictionary is the most comprehensive and reliable English-language resource for terminology used in all types of libraries. With more than 4,000 terms and cross-references (last updated in January of 2003), the Dictionary'S≪/i> content has been carefully selected and includes terms from publishing, printing, literature, and computer science where, in the author's judgment, they are relevant to both library professionals and laypersons. The primary criterion for including a new term is whether library and information science professionals might reasonably be expected to encounter it at some point in their career, or be required to know its meaning.
Synopsis
What began in 1994 as a five-page handout, the Dictionary of Library and Information Science soon was expanded and converted to HTML format for installation on the Western Connecticut State University Library Web site (Hypertext Library Lingo: A Glossary of Library Terminology), where it is well used and has won international praise. Indexed in the WorldCat database in "OCLC FirstSearch, " the latest version contains approximately 4,000 terms and cross-references. Designed to be an online reference resource for library and information science professionals, university students and faculty, as well as users of all types of libraries, the dictionary's content has been carefully selected and includes vocabulary of publishing, printing, book history, literature, and computer science.
Synopsis
The most coprehensive and reliable English-language resource for terminology used in all types of libraries. Includes terms from publishing, printing, literature, and computer science relevant to both library professionals and laypersons.
Synopsis
Beginning as a five-page handout, the Dictionary soon was expanded and converted to electronic format for installation on the Western Connecticut State University Library Web site, where it is in high demand by library professionals, scholars, and students, and has won international praise. Now available for the first time in print, the Dictionary is the most comprehensive and reliable English-language resource for terminology used in all types of libraries, with more than 4,000 terms and cross-references relevant to librarians from the fields of publishing, printing, literature, and computer science.
About the Author
JOAN M. REITZ is Assistant Librarian, Instructional Services, Ruth A. Haas Library, Western Connecticut State University, Danbury.
Table of Contents
Dedication
Preface
Bibliography
Dictionary