The Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences (until third edition in the singular: Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science) is an encyclopedia for library and Information science related issues.
The Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences (until third edition in the singular: Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science) is an encyclopedia for library and Information science related issues.
It was first published 1968-2003 in 73 volumes under the editorship of Allen Kent, Harold Lancour and Jay E. Daily. The second edition edited by Miriam Drake was published 2003 in 4 volumes, the third edition edited by Marcia J. Bates and Mary Niles Maack came in 2010 [1] in seven volumes and the fourth edition edited by John D. McDonald and Michael Levine-Clark came in 2017 also in seven volumes.
Joseph C. Meredith published a “Review of Reviews” [2] summarizing thirty-nine earlier reviews of the first edition. His findings mention “omissions, errors, inaccuracies, and inconsistencies; inadequate cross references; lack of uniformity of style; lack of balance in the length of articles; inadequate references and bibliographies.” He concludes that “although as an encyclopedia, the encyclopedia is a failure, it contains many excellent articles.”
James D. Anderson reviewed the 2nd edition. [3] He found that "many of the problems of the first edition have been inherited, even exacerbated, by the second edition" and concluded: "It cannot be recommended, especially for libraries that own the first edition. Overall, it appears to be a spin-off aimed primarily at making money rather than describing the state of the art in the twenty-first century." [3]
The third edition was reviewed by Tony Chalcraft. [4] He notes: "Of the 565 articles, more than 400 are completely new to this edition, amounting to about 70 percent of total material." Whereas ELIS2 was devoted solely to library and information science, ELIS3 also addresses "archival science, museum studies and records management, [...] bibliography, informatics, information systems and social studies of information." He concludes: "There is simply no other work that comes near it in scale or spread and for librarians and information specialists it must be regarded as the pre-eminent reference source for the profession." The editor-in-chief, Marcia J. Bates, also wrote about the scope of the work. [5]
Kunrei-shiki romanization, also known as the Monbusho system or MEXT system, is the Cabinet-ordered romanization system for transcribing the Japanese language into the Latin alphabet. Its name is rendered Kunreisiki rômazi in the system itself. It is taught in the Monbushō-approved elementary school curriculum. The ISO has standardized Kunrei-shiki, under ISO 3602.
Snorri Hjartarson was an Icelandic poet, and a winner of the Nordic Council's Literature Prize.
The Technical Information Project (TIP) was an early database project focused on the scholarly physics literature. Its "most unique feature" was its use bibliographic coupling, a novel way to search for related documents. The TIP included over 25,000 records.
The Transylvanian Association for Romanian Literature and the Culture of the Romanian People is a cultural association founded in 1861 in Sibiu (Hermannstadt). It had an important role in the cultural life and the movement of national awakening for the Romanians in Transylvania.
Marcia J. Bates is a Professor Emerita of information studies at the UCLA School of Education and Information Studies.
The Mihai Eminescu Central University Library of Iași is a library that serves the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University and the entire university and academic community in Iași, Romania.
The Lucian Blaga Central University Library of Cluj-Napoca serves Babeș-Bolyai University in Romania.
LeRoy Reuben Hafen was a historian of the American West and a Latter-day Saint. For many years he was a professor of history at Brigham Young University (BYU).
Isadore Gilbert Mudge was ranked by the magazine American Libraries as one of the top 100 important leaders that libraries have had in the 20th century. Mudge was a defining influence on what a contemporary reference librarian is and was essential for helping organize and promote reference books for use in helping patrons find information and answers to questions.
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Robert Harold Blackburn was a Canadian academic librarian. He is best known for serving as the Chief Librarian at the University of Toronto from 1954 to 1981.
Halldór Ásmundsson was a 17th-century Icelandic printer, responsible for the only printing press in Iceland from 1634 to 1666. Halldór was an apprentice of the Hólar printer Brandur Jónsson. He moved to Germany and worked as a printer in Danzig for many years before returning to Iceland to lead the Hólar press, following the death of Brandur. Halldór oversaw the Hólar press until shortly before he died "at an advanced age" at which point he was succeeded by the Dane Henrik Krúse.
Elinor Whitney Field (1889–1980) was an American writer of children's books. Her book Tod of the Fens was published in 1928 and was the recipient of a Newbery Honor. She and Bertha Mahony founded The Horn Book Magazine, the oldest U.S magazine dedicated to reviewing children's literature.
The Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences has been published by the United States National Academy of Sciences since 1877 and presents biographies of selected members. This series of annual volumes, and the analogous British Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, are "important examples of biographical serials".
Allen Kent was an American information scientist.
Fadrique Alemán de Basilea, also known as Friedrich Biel, Fridericus de Basilea and Federigo Aleman, was an early printer in Spain, who introduced printing to Burgos.
Þórður Þorláksson, also known by the Latinized name Theodorus Thorlacius, was the Lutheran bishop of Skálholt from 1674 until his death. Under Þórður's direction, the Church of Iceland's printing press was moved from Hólar í Hjaltadal to Skálholt where he established the first print archive in the country.
Fanny Juliet Passavant, FLA, was the first Librarian of the University of Leeds, in Leeds, England, having previously been librarian of its predecessor, the Yorkshire College. She was the only woman to hold a position of University Librarian when the college gained university status in 1904.
Freda Farrell Waldon was a Canadian librarian, who was the first president of the Canada Library Association.
The Award of Merit is bestowed by the Association for Information Science and Technology. It is an annual prize to an individual for a lifetime of achievement that recognizes sustained contributions to and/or achievements in the field of information science and/or the professions in which it is practiced. The Award of Merit was first given in 1964 to Hans Peter Luhn.