Biographies<\/a> | Dictionaries<\/a>\u00a0| Directories<\/a> | Encyclopedias & Handbooks<\/a> | Statistics<\/a><\/p>\n Biographies of librarians, information scientists, archivists and others in IS and related fields.<\/p>\n Directories of libraries, publishers and information science professionals.<\/p>\n Encyclopedias and handbooks covering various IS topics.<\/p>\n Consult\u00a0these sources for numerical data.<\/p>\n Tools and Reference Sources for IS Research Biographies | Dictionaries\u00a0| Directories | Encyclopedias & Handbooks | Statistics Biographies Biographies of librarians, information scientists, archivists and others in IS and related fields. Little Known Black Librarian Facts, 4th ed. (2013) Compiled by Michele T. Fenton and published by the Indiana Black Librarians Network.\u00a0 Primarily biographical entries, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":18,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-208","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3624,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/208\/revisions\/3624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a>Biographies<\/h2>\n
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\nCompiled by Michele T. Fenton and published by the Indiana Black Librarians Network.\u00a0 Primarily biographical entries, arranged by occupation and state.\u00a0 Includes citations to works about the profiled individuals.<\/li>\n
\nBrief biographical portraits of all of the U.S. Librarians of Congress up to the present Librarian of Congress<\/a>.<\/li>\n
\nA series of article-length biographical portraits of major figures in IS history, from the online journal World Libraries<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/a>Dictionaries<\/h2>\n
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\nDecodes acronyms of American Library Association\u00a0units, divisions, roundtables,\u00a0committees, and publications;\u00a0acronyms of other related organizations; and abbreviations commonly used in library literature.<\/li>\n
\n[Licensed for UofI] \u00a0<\/em>Defines terms and acronyms used by librarians and related information professionals. \u00a0Includes cross-references and avoids generic terminology. The print version (Michael Levine-Clark and Toni M. Carter, ALA Glossary of Library and Information Science<\/em>, 4th ed., 2013) is available in SSHEL’s Reference collection, call number 020.3 Al112 2013.<\/li>\n
\n[Licensed for UofI]\u00a0<\/em> Included in Credo Reference.\u00a0 “A\u00a0basic vocabulary of terms used in the information and records management industries.”\u00a0 The print version (Janet Stevenson, Dictionary of Information and Library Management<\/em>, 2nd ed., 2006) is available in the Main Stacks, call number 020.3 D561 2006.<\/li>\n
\nThe 2nd edition of the Dictionary of Information Science and Technology is a compilation of more than 12,000 of the latest terms and definitions as they pertain to all aspects of the information and technology fields.<\/li>\n
\n[Licensed for UofI]<\/em>\u00a0 Includes a list of acronyms and abbreviations along with a chronology of significant events.\u00a0 The print version (Mary Ellen Quinn, Historical Dictionary of Librarianship<\/em>, 2014) is available in the Main Stacks, call number 020.3 Q447h.<\/li>\n
\nDefines words and acronyms in the various specializations within IS, along with the relevant vocabulary of publishing, printing, the book trade, graphic arts, book history, literature, bibliography, telecommunications, and computer science. Reflects North American practice. The print equivalent (Joan M. Reitz, Dictionary for Library and Information Science<\/em>, 2004) is available in the Main Stacks, call number 020.3 R278d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nSpecialized<\/h3>\n
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\nDefines words related to book bindings and the tools and techniques for creating and repairing them. The print equivalent (Matt T. Roberts and Don Etherington, 1982) is available in the Main Stacks Govt. Documents, call number DOC. LC1.2:B64\/3.<\/li>\n
\nDefines terms found in the archival literature, with an emphasis on electronic records. Includes acronyms and organizations. Provides citations to usage and notes relationships among terms. The print equivalent (Richard Pearce-Moses, 2005) is available in the University Archives, call number 027.0014 P315g.<\/li>\n
\nThis illustrated dictionary focuses on the physical book in all its aspects, including its history, care, use, types and components.\u00a0 Appendices cover typeface terminology, paper sizes, binding terminology and book collectors’ clubs and societies.<\/li>\n
\nCompiled by the Digital Curation Centre, UK.\u00a0 Defines common terms used in discussions of digital curation and data preservation.<\/li>\n
\nDefines internet-related words.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/a>Directories<\/h2>\n
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\nDetailed profiles\u00a0of more than 35,000 public, academic, special and government libraries, and library-related organizations in the United States, and Canada.<\/li>\n
\nThis handbook combines entries for key terms in IS with a directory of public libraries in the U.S.<\/li>\n
\nThis directory provides coverage of more than 37,500 special libraries and information centers around the world. Contains collections maintained by various government agencies, businesses, publishers, educational and non-profit organizations.<\/li>\n
\nThis reference provides an overview of all libraries in Canada, organized by type. It includes current details and data for each institution in the language used by that institution. Indexes about archive and governmental libraries, subject, location, and personnel are also included.<\/li>\n
\nThis directory, a publication of the Library Publishing Coalition, provides a list of academic and research libraries engaged in publishing activities, and is freely available as a pdf or epub. For each institution, it includes information such as the type of publishing activities involved, staffing, publishing platforms, digital preservation strategies, and other details.<\/li>\n
\nThis directory provides information on over 20,000 publishers and distributors in A-Z arrangement. Users can view alternate formats offered by publishers, including audio, Braille, video and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/a>Encyclopedias & Handbooks<\/h2>\n
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\nVolume opens with “Disciplinary Foundations and Global Impact.”\u00a0 It then covers data management, knowledge management, human-computer interaction and user experience.<\/li>\n
\nOffers a comprehensive view to the area of archival science with a broad interpretation of the subject.\u00a0 It contains 154 articles by 110 authors that provide both theoretical and practical perspectives.<\/li>\n
\nCovers topics related to: archival science; bibliography; document and genre theory; informatics; information systems; knowledge management; the information sciences; museum studies; records management; social studies of information.<\/li>\n
\nCovers key current developments in information science, with substantially different articles in each edition and only some continuing essays, such as on Bioinformatics. You can also find the first edition<\/a>,\u00a0second edition, <\/a>third edition,<\/a> and fourth edition<\/a> as ebooks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nSpecialized<\/h3>\n
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\nThe print equivalent (Elayne Coakes and Steve Clarke, eds., 2006) is available in the Main Stacks Q. 658.4038 E563.<\/li>\n
\nThe print equivalent (Laura C. Rivero, Jorge H. Doorn, and Viviana E. Ferraggine, eds., 2006) is available from Oak Street QA76.9.D3 E624 2006.<\/li>\n
\nThe print equivalent (Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko and\u00a0Matti M\u00e4lki\u00e4, eds., 3 vols, 2007) is available from Oak Street JF1525.A8 E63 2007.<\/li>\n
\nThe 1st edition<\/a> (Caroline Howard et al., eds., 4 vols, 2005) is available online and in print from Oak Street Q.371.3503 En19.<\/li>\n
\nThe print equivalent (Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, ed., 2 vols, 2006) is available in the Main Stacks HF5548.32 .E52 2006.<\/li>\n
\nThe print equivalent (Eileen Trauth, ed., 2 vols, 2006) is available for request from Oak Street Q.331.481004 En19.<\/li>\n
\nThe 1st edition<\/a> (David G. Schwartz, ed., 2006) is available online and in print in the Main Stacks Q.658.4038 E564.<\/li>\n
\nThe print equivalent (Subhasish Dasgupta, ed., 2006)\u00a0is available from Oak Street TK5105.83 .E52 2006.<\/li>\n
\nThe print equivalent of this “dictionary” (more an encyclopedia) is available in the Main Stacks Q.027.009 In82.<\/li>\n
\nThis open access encyclopedia includes entries on terms, people, systems and ideas relating to the discipline of knowledge organization.\u00a0 It is organized by topic but also includes alphabetical and chronological indexes.<\/li>\n
\nAn introduction to the emerging field of philosophy of information, this volume provides scholars across disciplines with a basic overview before focusing more in-depth on the quantitative and formal; natural and physical; and human and semantic aspects of philosophy of information.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/a>Statistics<\/h2>\n
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\nFrom 1997 to 2004, an annual survey of IS schools, covering: faculty; students; curriculum; income and expenditures; continuing professional education.\u00a0 Older and more recent years are available in print<\/a> or through Proquest Statistical Insight (see below).<\/li>\n
\nIncludes links to statistical reports by ALA and others.<\/li>\n
\nLibrary Journal’s<\/em> national rating of public libraries.<\/li>\n
\nData on the collections, expenditures, staffing, and service activities of the largest academic and research libraries in North America.<\/li>\n
\nInformation on the Illinois Public Library Annual Report, with contact information for requesting statistical data and an input page for libraries to submit their data.<\/li>\n
\nAnnual surveys of public libraries in the U.S., providing data on the population of legal service areas, service outlets, library collections and services, staff, and operating revenue and expenditures.\u00a0 Summary reports (PDF); downloadable data files with documentation.<\/li>\n
\nAnnual surveys of state libraries in the U.S., providing data on governance, services, collections, staff, and operating revenues and expenditures.\u00a0 Summary reports (PDF); downloadable data files with documentation.<\/li>\n
\nIncludes statistics on book prices, numbers of books published, library expenditures, and average salaries of librarians during each year. A digitized version appears after a delay in ProQuest Statistical Insight.<\/li>\n
\nData from surveys of U.S. academic libraries and\u00a0school library media centers.<\/li>\n
\n[licensed for UofI]<\/em> A database of a wide variety of statistical reports, including the Pew Internet & American Life Project, the Public Library Data Service, ACRL Academic Library Trends and Statistics, ARL Statistics, and ALISE Library and Information Science Education Statistical Report.<\/li>\n
\n[licensed for UofI]<\/em> An annual collection of salary data focused on special library positions. Older content is available in print.<\/li>\n
\n<\/a>Links to public library statistics published on state library agency web sites.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"