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100 Years of Official Statistics:With special reference to the contribution of Sir Roland Wilson

Sir Roland Wilson’s abiding legacy was his insistence on the application of reason to public policy. For him, advice must be based on intellectual rigor. It was not enough for the argument to be logically consistent; the premise upon which the argument was based had to be realistic and practicable, rather than based on ideology [...]

Library Wins Innovation Grant to Develop Snap and Go Mobile Technology

Contra Costa County, CA – The Contra Costa County Library has been awarded a $60,000 Bay Area Library and Information Systems (BALIS) Innovation grant to create a mobile platform that will push new and existing library content and services — literally — into the hands of cell phone users. The “Snap & Go” project will [...]

Opening up Library Systems through Web Services and SOA

Can an integrated library system be open without being open source? I recently authored an issue of Library Technology Reports that explores the ways that an Application Programming Interface (API) can help libraries wring data and functionality out of their ILS, extend its functionality, and interact with other applications. This LTR issue provides an introduction [...]

Hispanic National Archives and information management of their web sites

By Celia Chaín and Navarro Amalia More Bleda
Abstract:
In this paper we want to find out, on the one hand, the characteristics of the Latin American national archives (mainly referring to installation, deposits and resources), and the other hand, the current situation Relating to the creation, development and maintenance of these institutions. For [...]

Library and Information Science Subject Portals

Other Library And Information Science Subject Portals
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

Completed [...]

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 [...]

Are you afraid to face interview or viva board ?

These questions are designed to make you confident so that you can face interview board easily. These are not the whole question or questions you can find in your interview. But, these are the most frequently asked questions. Do not be afraid.   Some of these questions are collected from Ann E. [...]

Bibliography on Nutrition in Bangladesh 1947-1977

by Prof. Dr. K. M. SAIFUL ISLAM  (ismk99@yahoo.com)
Out in November 1977, the much-awaited bibliography of nutrition for medical and scientific research workers. Contains 917 entries : articles ( published in local and foreign periodicals), books, pamphlets, valuable published and unpublished reports of national and international agencies, institutions and organizations, [...]

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 [...]

Library legislation and free access to information as new topics in library and information science education

Abstract
An outline of LIS programs offered by the Department of Information Sciences, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zagreb is given. Factors affecting the recent curriculum revision are described and the reasons for the introduction of a new course in library legislation and standards have been pointed out. The intention of the [...]