Foundations of Library and Information Science
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Here is the first textbook specifically written to cover the fundamentals of library and information science programs. Designed as a highly current teaching resource, Rubin offers library and information science students and professionals the background and techniques they need to meet today's - and tomorrow's - challenges. Foundations of Library and Information Science begins with a discussion of the practice of librarianship, and moves on to address the place of libraries within the broader perspective of the information superstructure, the development of information science, the growth of information technologies, information policy in libraries, intellectual organization of libraries (from classification systems to databases), the mission of libraries from past to present, and ethical aspects and principles between information providers and clients. The various types of libraries (public, academic, school, and special), their internal functions, and the major organizational issues they face are discussed. This comprehensive text contains an extensive list of selected readings. Appendixes include the Association of Research Libraries Statement on Intellectual Property; Development of the National Information Infrastructure; a bill of rights and responsibilities for electronic learners; major periodicals, indexes, encyclopedias and dictionaries in library and information science; and a listing of associations.Library QuarterlyRubin helps present and future librarians understand the need to respect the past but to prepare for the future.
ForewordPrefaceAcknowledgmentsCh. 1The Information Infrastructure: Libraries in Context1Ch. 2Information Science: A Service Perspective19Ch. 3Redefining the Library: The Impacts and Implications of Technological Change57Ch. 4Information Policy: Stakeholders and Agendas93Ch. 5Information Policy as Library Policy: Intellectual Freedom139Ch. 6Information Organization: Issues and Techniques171Ch. 7From Past to Present: The Library's Mission and Its Values207Ch. 8Ethics and Standards: Professional Practices in Library and Information Science265Ch. 9The Library as Institution: An Organizational View297Ch. 10Librarianship: An Evolving Profession351Selected Readings397App. AAssociation of Research Libraries Statement on Intellectual Property419App. BWhite House Conference on Library and Information Services Priority Recommendations425App. CPrinciples for the Development of the National Information Infrastructure433App. DA Bill of Rights and Responsibilities for Electronic Learners437App. EAccredited Master's Programs in Library and Information Studies in the U.S. and Canada443App. FMajor Periodicals, Indexes, Encyclopedias, and Dictionaries in Library and Information Science449App. GSummary of Major Library and Information Science Associations and List of Additional Associations457App. HOverview of Librarianship from the Occupational Outlook Handbook465App. ISelected Library and Information Science Listservs and Discussion Groups473Index475About the Author495
