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Dictionary for Library and Information Science [pbk]
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Joan M. Reitz
Book Code: LU0757
ISBN: 1-59158-075-7
ISBN-13: 978-1-59158-075-1
800 pages, n/a
Libraries Unlimited
Publication: 4/30/2004
List Price: $52.00 (UK Sterling Price: £29.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Paperback
Also Available: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • Upper-division undergraduates and higher.
    —Choice     November 2004
  • With its unusually broad scope, this dictionary is a fine addition to the suite of reference tools available to library and information practitioners, regardless of their nationality or library type.
    —The Australian Library Journal     August 2005
  • [A] useful reference resource for institutions catering for students in the LIS field.
    —Reference Reviews     March 2005
  • All library media specialists will be able to find something useful in this book. Recommended.
    —Library Media Connection     February 2005
Description: Beginning in 1994 as a five-page handout, the Dictionary of Library and Information Science was soon 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 January, 2003), the dictionary's 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.
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