Due to the breadth and multidisciplinarity of the field of library and information science, practically any area of scholarly endeavor contains works which may be used for reference or research by faculty, students, and practitioners in the field. This list is illustrative rather than exhaustive, but does contain most major works.
Bowman, Mary Ann. Library And Information Science Journals And Serials: An Analytical Guide. Greenwood Press, 1985. Dated guide, but presents good information on library and information science periodicals, many of which are ongoing. Indexed by geographical location, publisher, and subject. PCL Stacks Z 666 B4 1985
Davis, Donald G. and Charles D. Patterson, eds. ARBA Guide To Library Science Literature 1970-1983. Libraries Unlimited, 1987. Compilation of reviews from 1970-1984 in American Reference Books Annual for library science reference materials. Arranged by broad subject area with author, title, and subject indexes. PCL Stacks Z 666 A73 1987
Katz, William Armstrong, ed. Magazines For Libraries. 11th ed. Bowker, 2002. An annotated and evaluated list of over 7,000 periodicals important to libraries. Lists where the titles are indexed, but is not complete. Some electronic periodicals are listed. Broad subject organization with title and subject indexes. PCL Reference Collection PN 4832 M332 2002
Purcell, Gary R. and Gail Ann Schlachter. Reference Sources In Library And Information Services: A Guide To The Literature. ABC-CLIO Information Services, 1984. Annotated entries for over 1,000 references sources, mostly in the English language, but not exclusively. Covers from "the early 1900s to the first half of 1983." Arranged by type of publication in one section and by topic in another, with titles grouped by subject. Contains author, title, and geographical indexes. PCL Stacks Z 999 P96 1984
Prytherch, Ray. Information Management & Library Science ; A Guide To The Literature. 3rd ed., rev. Gower, 1994. (Issued in 1983 and 1987 under the title Sources of Information in Librarianship and Information Science.) Very full annotated list of library and information science literature. Arranged by subject and includes some narrative and bibliographies. Has a list of "key journals" and important organizations. Contains author, title, and subject indexes. PCL Stacks Z 666 P935 1994
Stevens, Norman D. Author's Guide To Journals In Library And Information Science. Haworth Press, 1982. Designed to help prepare prospective authors to publish in library science journals. Survey results present the publishing details, editors, subjects covered, and idiosyncrasies of the more important library science journals. Obviously dated, much of the information is not useful any longer. Periodicals are arranged alphabetically. PCL Stacks Z 666 S84 1982
ALA Glossary Of Library And Information Science. American Library Association, 1983. Standard, but dated, glossary of terms in the field. PCL Reference Collection Z 1006 A48 1983
Bodian, Nat G. Bodian's Publishing Desk Reference: A Comprehensive Dictionary Of Practices And Techniques For Book And Journal Marketing And Bookselling. Oryx Press, 1988. Definitions of words, terms, and jargon of the publishing industry. PCL Reference Collection Z 282.5 B63 1988
Bookman's Glossary, 6th ed. Bowker, 1983. Another standard glossary for the book side of librarianship. Contains some biographical entries (e.g., William Caxton). PCL Reference Collection Z 1006 B6 1983
Delmar's Dictionary of Digital Printing and Publishing. Delmar Publishers, 1997. Standard dictionary of electronic printing and publishing terms and concepts. PCL Reference Collection Z 249.3 D45 1997
Dictionary Of Information Science And Technology. Academic Press, 1992. Dated glossary of the information science side of librarianship. Puts terms into the context of a larger topic. Makes links to the literature in some places. Contains some entries for organizations (e.g., ANSI, CCITT, and NISO). PCL Reference Collection Z 1006 W35 1992
Glaister, Geoffrey Ashall. Encyclopedia of the Book. 2nd ed. Oak Knoll Press, 1996. One volume encyclopedic work defining and explaining terms used with books and publishing, containing articles that vary from a couple of sentences to a couple of pages. Includes examples of type fonts, a place name index, proof correction symbols, and a short bibliography. PCL Reference Collection Z 118 G55 1996.
Glossary Of Educational Technology Terms. 2nd ed. UNESCO, 1987. Dated dictionary of general educational technology terms including audio-visual, informatics, telecommunications, evaluation, and system analysis. In English and French, with a bibliography also in both languages. PCL Reference Collection LB 15 G555 1987
Harrod's librarians' glossary and reference book : a directory of over 9,600 terms, organizations, projects and acronyms in the areas of information management, library science, publishing and archive management. 9th ed. Gower, 2000. Covers the entire field of librarianship with a British accent. Has some entries for organizations. PCL Reference Collection Z 1006 H32 2000
International Dictionary of Library Histories. Fitzroy Dearborn, 2001. Institutional histories of the world's "principal" libraries. Includes essays on types of libraries and on libraries in different geographical areas. Has histories of 224 libraries. Includes a list of libraries described and has an extensive index. PCL Reference Collection Z 721 I572 2001
Education Index. H.W. Wilson Co. This is the education equivalent to Library Literature, both by H.W. Wilson. Useful for school libraries in particular. PCL Reference Collection Index Tables. L 11 E3
ERIC. Educational Resources Information Clearinghouse. Oryx Press. Federally sponsored clearinghouses which collect, index, and abstract materials in all fields of education, including libraries. Includes Resources In Education (RIE) and Current Index To Journals In Education (CIJE). RIE began in 1966 and covers documents such as reports, some books, conference proceedings, curriculum materials, etc. Is useful for libraries, especially some practical "how we did it good" reports. (LB 1028 R3832) CIJE covers the journal literature and has appeared since 1969. (LB 1028 C877) PCL Reference Collection Index Tables.
Information Science & Technology Abstracts. Document Abstracts,
Inc. Major source for information science, but also includes traditional library
science. Abstracts are grouped by broad subjects. Coverage from 1966. Indexes
books, 400 journals, conference proceedings, reports, and patents in information
science, documentation, and related fields. PCL Reference Collection Index Tables.
Z 699 A1 D6 (We do not have access to the electronic version.)
Library And Information Science Abstracts (LISA). The Library Association. A major tool. Indexes and abstracts approximately 7,000 publications annually, including over 500 journals. Published in England, it is more international than Library Literature. Covers both traditional library science and information science but heavier on the latter. Arrangement by a faceted classification scheme makes it somewhat tricky to use at first. Coverage began in 1950 under the title Library Science Abstracts. PCL Reference Collection Index Tables. Z 671 L6 The electronic version is available via UTLOL.
Library Literature and Information Science. H.W. Wilson Co. This is the primary source for finding periodical literature in library and information science. Stronger in traditional library science, but also covers information science; covers predominantly U.S. literature, but includes some international literature. Indexes major library and information science journals, films, books, and dissertations. Arranged by subject. The paper version provides coverage back to 1923. PCL Reference Collection Index Tables. Z 666 L69 The electronic version is available via UTLOL and includes full-text of many articles.
AB Bookman's Yearbook. Bookman's Weekly. Specialist information for the book trade, especially the out-of-print trade. Contains articles and sections on the OP market, and directories of booksellers, publishers, remainder houses, auction houses, etc. Contains a useful subject index to publishers' specialties. Published since 1954. Latest edition in PCL Reference Collection; earlier editions in PCL Stacks. Z 990 A18
Advances In Librarianship. Academic Press. Contains 8-10 articles per year that describe "advances" made in the field during the year. The articles are long and scholarly with extensive bibliographical references. PCL Stacks Z 674 A4
ALA Yearbook Of Library And Information Services. American Library Association, 1976-1990. Was an update to the World Encyclopedia ... Contained a couple of lengthy feature articles followed by dozens of shorter articles arranged encyclopedia-style. Some bibliographic references. Good for statistical information. PCL Stacks Z 721 A5255
Annual Review Of Information Science And Technology (ARIST) American Society for Information Science. A major source. Contains 8-10 lengthy, scholarly articles with extensive bibliographies. Indexed by personal and corporate names, subject, geographical location, and the authors of works in the bibliographies. Published annually since 1966. PCL Stacks Z 699 A1 A65
Bowker Annual Of Library And Book Trade Information. Bowker. Contains both brief and longer articles with good bibliographies or references on a wide variety of issues, events, organizations, etc. in the library and book industry One of the best sources for statistics. Excellent quick reference source. Latest edition in PCL Reference Collection; earlier editions in PCL Stacks. Z 731 A47
Educational Media And Technology Yearbook. Libraries Unlimited. Contains articles recording the major issues, trends, innovations, people, and developments during the year in the instructional technology field. Latest edition in PCL Reference Collection; earlier editions in PCL Stacks. LB 1028.3 E37
Library and Information Science Annual. In depth reviews of monographs, reference works, and selected periodicals published in the United States, Great Britain, Canada, and Australia/New Zealand. Also contains essays on some facets of publishing in the profession. [Published 1987-89, and then on hiatus until 1998.] PCL Stacks. Z 666 L45
School Library Media Annual. Libraries Unlimited. A record of events, issues, and research of importance to faculty, students, librarians, and anyone involved in school library media. Provides extensive bibliographical references. Latest edition in PCL Reference Collection; earlier editions in PCL Stacks. Z 675 S3 S29117
Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science.
2nd ed. Marcel Dekker, 2003. As with any encyclopedia, use ELIS to ease into
your topic and gather some general
information. The second edition is in four volumes with an online version that includes an updating service. (See Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science in the UTLOL Databases section.)
The emphasis in the second edition is on changes in the field since the first
edition, so there is more information about electronic information, technologies,
and services. But there are also longer, encyclopedic articles about expected
topics, (e.g., branch libraries in public library systems). Don’t forget
the first edition consisting of seventy-three volumes (the original encyclopedia
with annual supplements through 2003) for historical information and coverage
of more topics about pre-electronic libraries and the emerging hybrid libraries.
The second edition is in PCL Reference under call number Z 1006 E57 2003, and
the original edition is in PCL Reference Collection under call number Z 1006
E57.
Wiegand, Wayne A. and Donald G. Davis, eds. Encyclopedia of Library History. Garland, 1994. The title is descriptive of the contents of this one-volume encyclopedia: history of libraries, library science, and information science. Includes bibliographic citations. PCL Reference Collection. Z 721 E54 1994
World Encyclopedia Of Library And Information Service. 3rd ed. ALA, 1993. Good for a one-volume encyclopedic overview of the field. Covers the history of the field (up to 1993) by means of narrative information, biographies of famous people, and descriptions of major institutions. International in scope. Good place to begin research. Previous editions were titled, ALA World Encyclopedia Of Library And Information Service. PCL Reference Collection. Z 1006 W67 1993
American Library Directory. Bowker. Annual directory of libraries in North America. Arranged geographically. Entries contain information submitted by libraries, so they are uneven. Contains information about administrative staff, branch libraries, special collections, consortial memberships, with some statistical data. Includes an organization and personnel index, and a "library services and suppliers section." Latest edition in PCL Reference Collection and in UGL Reference Collection; earlier editions in PCL Stacks. Z 731 A53
Directory Of Special Libraries And Information Centers. Gale Research. Guide to "more than 19,000 special libraries. Special libraries is defined broadly as libraries whose collections are limited to a subject area or format. Includes branch and departmental libraries at universities, special collections in public libraries, private company libraries, government libraries, and libraries in not-for-profit organizations. Arranged alphabetically by the institutional name. U.S. and Canadian libraries are treated extensively, while only the largest systems in other countries are included. Has a subject index. Latest edition in PCL Reference Collection; earlier editions in PCL Stacks. Z 675 A2 D5743
Information Industry Directory. Gale Research. "A comprehensive guide to more than 5,300 organizations, systems, and services in the international information industry." Arranged alphabetically with indexes by organization name, keyword, databases, publications, software, service classification, personal name, geographical location, and subject. PCL Reference Collection. Z 699.22 E529
World Guide to Libraries. Saur. "The most comprehensive guide to libraries in the world," says the publisher. Its 42,632 entries contain the addresses, some statistical data, notices about special collections, and other data about libraries in 200 countries. It is arranged geographically and has an alphabetic list of libraries covered. Latest edition in the PCL Reference Collection. Z 721 I63
ALA Membership Directory. American Library Association. Lists all ALA members with their mailing addresses; many include email addresses and their institutional affiliations, etc. Latest edition in the PCL Reference Collection Z 673 A5
International Biographical Directory Of National Archivists, Documentalists, And Librarians. Scarecrow, 2000. Biographical information about administrators of national-level libraries, archives, and documentation centers. Most information gathered by survey, while some comes from other sources. Contains listings for 192 countries with 205 entries. Indexed by institution, by person, and by place. PCL Reference Collection. Z 720 A1 I56 2000
Downs, Robert B. A Dictionary Of Eminent Librarians. High Plains Publishing Company, 1990. Biographies of individuals who shaped the "modern library world" by making major differences in librarianship. International in scope, but primarily U.S. and Western European. Contains interesting appendices, such as a list of all of the Librarians of Congress. PCL Reference Collection. Z 720 A1 D69 1990
Directory Of Library And Information Professionals. Research Publications, 1988. Issued by the American Library Association, the Canadian Library Association, American Society for Information Science, the Medical Library Association, Special Library Association, and the Information Industry Association. An international directory of tens of thousands of library and information professionals. Entries vary widely in the amount of information provided. (Its immediate predecessor was titled Who's Who In Library And Information Services.) PCL Reference Collection. Z 720 A4 D57 1988
Wynar, Bohdan, ed. Dictionary Of American Library Biography. Libraries Unlimited, 1978. (Supplemented in 1990 by Wayne Wiegand) Contains longish biographies of 302 library leaders living and dead. The supplement adds 51 additional biographies. PCL Reference Collection. Z 720 A4 D5
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