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  1. The Architecture of Information

    Architecture, Interaction Design and the Patterning of Digital Information

    By Martyn Dade-Robertson

    This book looks at relationships between the organization of physical objects in space and the organization of ideas. Historical, philosophical, psychological and architectural knowledge are united to develop an understanding of the relationship between information and its representation....

    Published May 24th 2011 by Routledge

  2. Library and Information Science

    Parameters and Perspectives

    Edited by Joyce McIntosh

    Library and Information Science: Parameters and Perspectives focuses on how libraries function today, covering the most significant aspects of the field. The book includes chapters on the digitization of library materials, how technology has changed the role of libraries and librarians, Google’s...

    Published April 14th 2011 by Apple Academic Press

  3. Preservation and Archiving

    Challenges & Solutions

    Edited by Joyce McIntosh

    Preservation and Archiving covers the many issues involved in preserving historical documents and archiving important materials. The book addresses digitization, storage and retrieval systems, collection security issues, preservation of printed materials, salvaging damaged and jeopardized materials...

    Published April 14th 2011 by Apple Academic Press

  4. Cataloging and Indexing

    Challenges and Solutions

    Edited by Joyce McIntosh

    Libraries have developed sophisticated ways of categorizing information so that library users can most effectively find the materials they need. This book covers a wide range of important issues in the field, including archival finding aids, search engines, the major indexing and abstracting...

    Published April 14th 2011 by Apple Academic Press

  5. Perspectives on Information

    Edited by Magnus Ramage, David Chapman

    Series: Routledge Studies in Library and Information Science

    Information is everywhere, and defines everything in today's society. Moreover, information is a key concept in a wide range of academic disciplines, from quantum physics to public policy. However, these disciplines all interpret the concept in quite different ways. This book looks at information...

    Published April 10th 2011 by Routledge

  6. Digital Development in Korea

    Building an Information Society

    By Myung Oh, James Larson

    Series: Routledge Advances in Korean Studies

    This book explores the role of digital information and communications technology in South Korea’s development, starting with and building upon the crucial developments of the 1980s. Its perspective draws on the information society concept and on a conceptual model of strategic restructuring of...

    Published March 8th 2011 by Routledge

  7. Serials Collection Management in Recessionary Times

    Edited by Karen Lawson

    Strategic planning, collaboration, continual stewardship, best practices, and re-engineering can provide librarians with a toolkit of innovative strategies that meets the worst of economic times with bold, persistent experimentation. This book covers the implications for libraries of a broad range...

    Published February 17th 2011 by Routledge

  8. Urban Youth in China: Modernity, the Internet and the Self

    By Fengshu Liu

    Series: Routledge Research in Information Technology and Society

    Fengshu Liu situates the lives of Chinese youth and the growth of the Internet against the backdrop of rapid and profound social transformation in China. In 2008, the total of Internet users in China had reached 253 million (in comparison with 22.5 million in 2001). Yet, despite rapid growth, the...

    Published December 20th 2010 by Routledge

  9. Media History and the Archive

    Edited by Craig Robertson

    By the time readers encounter academic history in the form of books and articles, all that tends to be left of an author’s direct experience with archives is pages of endnotes. Whether intentionally or not, archives have until recently been largely thought of as discrete collections of documents,...

    Published December 2nd 2010 by Routledge

  10. Handbook of Research on Children's and Young Adult Literature

    Edited by Shelby Wolf, Karen Coats, Patricia Enciso, Christine Jenkins

    This landmark volume is the first to bring together leading scholarship on children’s and young adult literature from three intersecting disciplines: Education, English, and Library and Information Science. Distinguished by its multidisciplinary approach, it describes and analyzes the different...

    Published October 18th 2010 by Routledge