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Information Organization Future for Libraries

As library technologists and librarians are well aware, since the advent of the Internet, the relationship between the user and his/her library has changed.
In a world of quick-and-easy search engines and of online social networks—in which information gets shared at an astonishingly rapid rate—information retrieval and aggregation are no longer the purview of the library [...]

Project Management – A Law Librarian Survival Skill

As jacks of all trades, librarians are often called upon to manage complex projects. Project management is not a course that is typically offered in information science programs, but as a matter of survival, many of us have learned to juggle several balls in the air. Many of the techniques librarians [...]

Implementing Second Life: Ideas, Challenges and Innovations

Second Life is a virtual world owned by Linden Lab with over fifteen million users. It is currently one of the most popular 3-D social virtual worlds. The use of Second Life by libraries and universities has become a hotly debated topic in Library and Information Science circles. Early adopters of Second Life have been [...]

Beyond Convenience and Competition : The Impact of Personalized Information Technology on the Way Communities Work

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Having already transformed business beyond recognition in barely two decades, information technology is now further expanding into the general culture and transforming society at an equally rapid rate due to the growth and popularity of personal and personalized computing.  While the computer was once only a factor in the production of other goods, it is [...]

The National Academic Library Information System in Bulgaria Selects a Suite of Ex Libris Solutions

Ex Libris Group is pleased to announce that the National Academic Library Information System (NALIS) in Bulgaria has chosen a number of Ex Libris solutions to form a unified backbone and gateway to the library’s services. Following a rigorous evaluation process, NALIS selected the Primo discovery and delivery solution, the Aleph integrated library system (ILS), [...]

Library and Information Science Subject Portals

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BUBL Information Service
Library Science Subject Portal
Library and Information Science Portal
Library and Information Science Resources

Library and information science education

AIS: Association for Information Systems

ALISE: Association for Library and Information Science Education

BAILER: British Association for Information and Library Education and Research

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The Tax Enigma of Saying “I Do”

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As George W. Bush steps into the job as President, tax reductions will be one of the issues at the top of the legislative agenda.  With these tax reductions, issues are sure to arise about the elimination of the [...]

Journal List in the field of Library and Information Science Research

Journal List
Bibliotech-Review
Bibliozine
Cataloging and Classification Quarterly
C&RL College and Research Libraries Computers in Libraries
D-lib Magazine
Electronic Library
IFLA Journal
Information Processing and Management
Information Sciences
International Information and Library Review
International Journal of Information Management
INSPEL International Journal of Special Libraries
International Journal on Digital Libraries
Journal of [...]

Marketing of Information Services:A Conceptual Framework

Source: Ashill & Jobber
Information aggregation refers to the degree of summarization performed on information. Information accuracy refers to the extent to which the output information is sufficiently correct to satisfy its intended use. Accurate information thus describes data, which are correct for their intended use. Personal information sources involve direct [...]

DRA to integrate netLibrary E-Books

netLibrary is forging partnerships with all the major vendors. DRA follows on other deals with Innovative, Sirsi and epixtech.
After the recent problems for the Taos system in the USA news of a European installation is welcome. Taos is uniquely based on an object oriented DBMS (Object Store) and DRA has had difficulty in delivering functionality [...]