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  Library and information science Info - Encyclopedia WikiWhat.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Library and information science (LIS) is the study of issues related to libraries.
Library science is distinct from librarianship, which is the practical services rendered by librarians in their day-to-day attempt to meet the needs of library patrons.
Library and information science is a hybrid academic field that grew from library schools' fight for survival in the electronic age.
www.wikiwhat.com /encyclopedia/l/li/library_and_information_science_1.html   (422 words)

  
 Open Directory - Reference: Libraries: Library and Information Science   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Beta Phi Mu - The international Library and Information Studies honor society founded by a group of librarians and library educators to recognize and encourage scholastic achievement among library and information studies students.
Although some information is directly related to the School of Communication, Information and Library Studies at Rutgers, there is substantial content of interest to all.
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science - An independent agency of the US federal government charged with advising the executive and legislative branches on national library and information policies and plans.
dmoz.org /Reference/Libraries/Library_and_Information_Science   (909 words)

  
 Library Literature and Information Science [438]
Library Literature and Information Science is a bibliographic database that indexes more than 229 key library and information science periodicals published in the United States and elsewhere, along with books, chapters within books, library school theses, and pamphlets.
Library Literature and Information Science helps users keep up with the latest concepts, trends, opinions, theories, and methodologies in the areas of library and information science.
Library Literature and Information Science is provided by The H. Wilson Company.
library.dialog.com /bluesheets/html/bl0438.html   (357 words)

  
 Library and Information Science, Librarianship. Finding resources. T. Koch, Lund Univ. Libr.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Recently, the Thomas Parry Library, University of Wale has started to built what is intended to develop into a quality assessed "Subject-based information gateway" to Internet resources in library and information science (PICK).
Some directories regarding library schools and libraries are presented in the menu "Library oriented directories" at BUBL, Information servers and services in another one.
Library and Information Science Conferences and Meetings (University of Texas at Austin, Graduate School of Library & Information Science)
www.lub.lu.se /netlab/documents/lisres.html   (2138 words)

  
 Master of Library and Information Science - Information School - University of Washington
We are pleased that you are interested in the Information School at the University of Washington and in an education that will prepare you for a career in the library and information fields.
The Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) program is a globally-recognized program that educates students for careers and leadership roles in the library and information professions.
We are pleased to have created a curriculum that we feel is worthy of our students and properly prepares them for leadership roles in their future careers.
www.ischool.washington.edu /mlis   (368 words)

  
 Open Directory - Reference: Libraries: Library and Information Science: Weblogs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Information Literacy Land of Confusion - Commentary about libraries, library instruction, and information literacy by Michael Lorenzen at Central Michigan University.
Library Web Chic - Resource for librarians who are interested in the application of web design and technologies in libraries.
Library Writer's Blog - Source to help librarians identify publishing and presentation opportunities in library and information science, as well as other related fields.
dmoz.org /Reference/Libraries/Library_and_Information_Science/Weblogs   (2996 words)

  
 Ariadne Magazine
It has reported in depth to the information community at large on progress and developments within the UK Electronic Libraries Programme since its inception, and now additionally reports on newer JISC-funded programmes and services, including the DNER, the JISC Information Environment, and the RDN.
UKOLN is funded by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA), the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) of the Higher Education Funding Councils, as well as by project funding from the JISC and the European Union.
General information on Ariadne access statistics from October 1998 up until October 1999 can be found in the editorial for issue 22 (December 1999).
www.ariadne.ac.uk   (283 words)

  
 GSLIS - Resources: Jobs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Library Associates has 15 years of in-depth experience managing information, and managing professionals who provide research, organization, cataloging and structure to libraries, databanks, archives, records and files.
California library and information personnel agency providing staffing to libraries of all types, primarily with California libraries.
Library Position Vacancies is a listing of vacant professional library and information science positions and support positions available in Massachusetts.
alexia.lis.uiuc.edu /gslis/resources/jobs.html   (1650 words)

  
 librarian.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Guidelines for Donating to Libraries Affected by Katrina and Rita from the State library of Louisiana.
I know that the local nature of most libraries means that we feel like we need to tailor many of our offerings to our specific communities, but having a place to go where we can at least easily see what others are doing seems like a great place to get some ideas.
I emailed with Ann Kim at Library Journal who said that people can email in their Mover and Shaker nomination forms as long as it has all the same information they ask for on the pdf form.
www.librarian.net   (1786 words)

  
 Resources of Scholarly Societies - Library & Information Science
Association of College and Research Libraries [The ACRL is a division of the American Library Association (ALA).]
Ontario College and University Library Association ["The Ontario College and University Library Association (OCULA) is a division of the Ontario Library Association (OLA)...."]
Upplýsing - Félag Bókasafns- og Upplýsingafræða = Information - The Icelandic Library and Information Science Association [In Icelandic.]
www.lib.uwaterloo.ca /society/libinfsci_soc.html   (920 words)

  
 School of Information Sciences
The School of Information Sciences invites you to 3 days of fun at i.fest.pitt.edu, a showcase of the degree programs, research accomplishments, and opportunities at SIS — and it will be fun!
The School of Information Sciences introduces a new track of study for graduate students – Geoinformatics.
Richard Cox, a member of the SIS faculty, was recently presented the Society of American Archivists’ 2005 Waldo Gifford Leland Award for writing of superior excellence and usefulness in the field of archival history, theory, or practice.
www2.sis.pitt.edu   (519 words)

  
 IASL: School Libraries Online
Information about IFLA and the Section, publications, the full text of conference papers from 2003 and 2004, more...
Copyright of material on School Libraries Online is jointly held by the author/s and by the International Association of School Librarianship.
Guidelines for Contributors to School Libraries Online are available on this web site and should be followed by all people who are submitting text, images or sound files for inclusion in the web site.
www.iasl-slo.org   (359 words)

  
 LISNews.com: Librarian and Information Science News
Information on how to disable prefetching can be found here at Mozilla.org.
During the period tracked from 1982 to 2002, recreational reading of literature took the sharpest fall and declined most dramatically among young readers (ages 18 to 24), of whom just 43 percent in 2002 said they had read a novel for fun in the past year, compared with 60 percent in 1982.
Julie Wessling, the assistant dean for the Morgan Library, said her staff does not monitor or censor individuals browsing the Internet for sex acts.
www.lisnews.com   (1270 words)

  
 Library & Information Science: General Resources
Library and Information Science: National Libraries of the World
Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
LIBRES is an international, refereed, electronic journal devoted to new research in Library and Information Science.
www.ifla.org /II/libdoc.htm   (818 words)

  
 Hillsborough: USF grad student killed in I-75 wreck
So she enrolled in the University of South Florida's School of Library and Information Sciences and began working toward her master's degree.
Nancy J. Velazquez, a library sciences graduate student who lives in Sarasota, cried when she heard about the crash.
In a newsletter for the School of Library and Information Sciences, Justiniano, a 1998 FSU graduate, was one of seven graduate assistants profiled before the 2003-04 academic year.
www.sptimes.com /2005/10/13/Hillsborough/USF_grad_student_kill.shtml   (463 words)

  
 Library and Information Science - Long Island University
The Library and Information Science collection of books, journals and databases supports the Palmer School of Library and Information Science.
Library science reference books and library science journals are housed in the Business, Law and Information Science Sources area on the main floor of the library at C.W. Post.
The library provides interlibrary loans for books and articles, AskALibrarian service, and a citation style guide.
www.cwpost.liunet.edu /cwis/cwp/library/lis/libsci.htm   (115 words)

  
 PICK   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
PICK, the gateway to Librarianship and Information Science material on the web, compiled by Thomas Parry Library, University of Wales Aberystwyth is no longer available.
You may however find the URL http:www.inf.aber.ac.uk/tpl/ejlib/ Thomas Parry Library - Electronic Journals in Librarianship and Information Science a useful resource.
Alan Clark on behalf of the Thomas Parry Library.
www.aber.ac.uk /~tplwww/e   (76 words)

  
 Department of Library & Information Science
Choosing to study for a Master of Library and Information Science degree, the Certificate of Advanced Study, or Ph.D. in Library and Information Science is a critical step toward taking your place in a dynamic, multi-faceted profession.
The Department of Library and Information Science is offering three workshops that provide students, new or returning, with basic information about computing, networking, and information services at the University of Pittsburgh, as well as an overview of the applications that are fundamentally important to every student.
Saye, a Professor in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Information and Library Science (SILS), was recently honored with SILS’ “Outstanding Teaching Award,” a student-initiated recognition accompanied by a $2,500 prize.
www.sis.pitt.edu /~dlis   (544 words)

  
 Library Literature & Information Science Full Text
When you search Library Literature and Information Science Full Text on WilsonWeb, you get seamless links to full text articles on any of your library’s reference databases that are OpenURL compliant—at no additional charge.
This database delivers the same indexing offered in Library Literature and Information Science Full Text, but without the links to full text articles.
Library Literature and Information Science is updated daily on WilsonWeb and monthly on WilsonDisc.
www.hwwilson.com /Databases/liblit.htm   (420 words)

  
 Selected Internet Sites-Library & Information Science
Provides information, resources, and news by and for christian librarians, primarily those in christian academic institutions.
A series designed to provide up-to-date information on networking projects, technologies and other areas considered important aspects of library networking.
Articles and studies on the impact of digital technology on libraries and librarianship published by the Benton Foundation.
www.marquette.edu /library/sites/library.html   (1087 words)

  
 Library Science
Non-profit, private organization concerned with information policy and public access to information networks and government documents.
Visit library catalogs by browsing directories arranged by either Geography (with US libraries further arranged by State), or Vendor.
Digital library collections, subject pages, library services, professional publications, and their online catalog.
lib.mansfield.edu /library.html   (742 words)

  
 Home-Beta Phi Mu   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The organization was founded in 1948 by a group of leading librarians and library educators to recognize and encourage scholastic achievement among library and information studies students.
The motto, Aliis inserviendo consumor, meaning "Consumed in the service of others" was selected by the founders based on the concept of dedication of librarians and other information professionals to the service of others.
Eligibility for membership in Beta Phi Mu is by invitation of the faculty from an American Library Association accredited professional degree program.
www.beta-phi-mu.org   (109 words)

  
 School of Library and Information Science - Indiana University, Bloomington
School of Library and Information Science - Indiana University, Bloomington
We're what I sometimes call an 'and' school; a School of Library and Information Science.
Whether your interest is in rare books, digital libraries or information visualization, this is the place for you.
www.slis.indiana.edu   (121 words)

  
 Alert: Courses in Information Science   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Associateship in Information Science 2004-06 (a two-year course equivalent to a master's degree in Library and Information Science recognised by the government of India and many universities).
Applications are invited for the 2004-2006 batch for the course commencing on September 1, 2004.
Eligibility: A minimum of 50 per cent aggregate marks in a master's degree; or four-year plus degree like BE/MBBS; or a bachelor's degree plus bachelor's in library science plus one year of relevant experience after B Lib Sc.
www.rediff.com /news/2004/may/24iycu.htm   (271 words)

  
 Library Job Postings on the Internet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
This site first came into being on May 1, 1995, and was originally hosted on the web space of the University of Michigan Libraries.
Thanks to the Wayback Machine, you can get a glimpse of what Library Job Postings looked like in an earlier incarnation (version 2.0, dated January 24, 1997).
This page is dedicated to the memory of my uncle, Alan Orman, who died on July 17, 1996, in the crash of TWA 800, and to the memory of my grandmother, Geraldine Gordnier, who passed away on May 6, 2001.
www.libraryjobpostings.org   (314 words)

  
 LIBJOBS Mailing List Information
We encourage individuals, personnel offices, and other organizations from around the world to use the list to post job advertisements, employment opportunities, job sharing program information, or similar types of LIS career information.
The primary user group of this list are library professionals.
Postings not containing this information will be sent back to employers for correction and re-submission.
www.ifla.org /II/lists/libjobs.htm   (220 words)

  
 Library Journal | Reed Business Information
The statewide library consortium in Rhode Island has responded to a report critical of Internet overblocking by revising its policies, but the American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island is still worried that some libraries may be blocking legitimate sites.
Financially strapped libraries have developed many unique ways of raising extra cash through traditional and non-traditional means.
Library bloggers discuss the impact of their work.
www.libraryjournal.com   (328 words)

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