British library and information schools [[electronic resource] ] : the research of the department of information science, City University London / / guest editor David Bawden

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910450662303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bradford, England, : Emerald Group Publishing, c2007
• ISBN: 1-281-07891-3; 9786611078911; 1-84663-603-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (183 p.)
• Collana: Aslib Proceedings ; ; 59, no. 4/5
• Altri autori (Persone): BawdenDavid
• Disciplina: 020.7
• Soggetti: Library education; Information science - Study and teaching; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; CONTENTS; EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; Information Science at City University London; Organised complexity, meaning and understanding; Healthcare libraries in Saudi Arabia: analysis and recommendations; Impact of digital information resources in the toxicology literature; Evaluation of web search for the information practitioner; Parallel methods for the update of partitioned inverted files; Flickr and Democratic Indexing: dialogic approaches to indexing; Non-literal copying of factual information: architecture of knowledge; Mixed reality (MR) interfaces for mobile information systems; Information history: its importance, relevance and futureOf the rich and the poor and other curious minds: on open access and "development"; Continuing professional development for library and information science; Where do we go from here? An opinion on the future of LIS as an academic discipline in the UK Toni Weller and Jutta Haider Department of Information Science, City University London, London, UK
• Sommario/riassunto: The papers in this e-book reflect the research and scholarly interests of the staff of the Department of Information Science at City University London. One theme emerges strongly: the continued vitality and variety ; of the information science discipline. The traditional concerns of the department are well-represented in several papers: healthcare and scientific information (Khudair and Bawden; Robinson); information retrieval (MacFarlane; MacFarlane, McCann and Robertson); information organization (Rafferty and Hidderley); and legal and policy issues (Eisenschitz). These are complemented by new