Library Science

3GE Collection on Library Science: Library information systems

3GE Collection on Library Science: Library information systems

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    • This book provides an overview of major critical theorists from across disciplines-including the humanities, social sciences, and education-that discusses the importance of these critical perspectives for the advancement of LIS.
    • This book will be on the shelves of the many libraries faced with the complexities that information technology developments bring to the library.
    • Entries cover important individuals, institutions, organizations, technological developments, concepts, procedures, and libraries around the world.

Every society, no doubt, is an information society and every organization is an information organization. Therefore, information is a basic resource like materials, money and personnel. Information can be considered either as an abstract concept (ideas) or as a commodity, usually in the form of letters and reports. Essentially, therefore, information has become a critical resource, just like energy, both of which are vital to the wellbeing of individuals and organizations in the modern world. Like energy and politics, technology is changing the ways in which information is captured, processed, stored, disseminated and used. Every aspect of management in the modern age relies heavily on information to thrive. Nothing moves without information and it is generally believed that information is power and generally considered important resource essential to develop other resources. Transforming circumstances and settings have demanded the need for the proper spreading of information at various levels of management. The development and use of information systems is a modern phenomenon concerned with the use of appropriate information that will lead to better planning, better decision making and better results. Information, due to its nature, has numerous capabilities. Through utilizing these capabilities, information systems can add to the value of information.


The purpose of this book is to explain where and how added value emerges from the work processes in library and information professions, with a review of the related literature and takes a conceptual approach to discuss different values of information and IR systems; elaborates on how each of the processes like assessment of needs, selection, description/organization, storage/processing, search/retrieval, and dissemination generate capabilities that lead to added value.
Library information systems can encourage more school library use because of their ease of use. Automated library information systems present the school library as being “up” on technology. Library information systems allow remote access to the school library's resources. Modern library information systems allow single-query searching, not only allowing patrons to search the book collection but also integrating other electronic resources into the catalog.
This book will appeal to place on the shelves of the many libraries faced with the complexities that information technology developments bring to the library.