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ISSUES IN LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
Authors: Kapidakis, Sarantos
Lazarinis, Fotios
Toraki, Katerina
Reviewer: Garoufallou, Emmanouil
Subject: LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES > ECONOMIC SCIENCES > BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND BUSINESS ECONOMICS; MARKETING; ACCOUNTING > INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES > ECONOMIC SCIENCES > BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND BUSINESS ECONOMICS; MARKETING; ACCOUNTING > LIBRARY SCIENCE AND ARCHIVING
LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES > ECONOMIC SCIENCES > BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND BUSINESS ECONOMICS; MARKETING; ACCOUNTING > LIBRARY ADMINISTRATION
Keywords:
Information Organisation
Cataloguing
Classification
Subject Analysis
Subject Indexing
Subject Headings
Thesauri
Metadata
Knowledge Organisation
Ontologies
Taxonomies
Standardisation
RDA
FRBR
AACR2
MARC
LCC
DDC
LCSH
Dublin Core
EAD
VRA
Cidoc
Description:
Abstract:
Issues concerning the library and information science field are presented in the book, taking into consideration basic principles of librarianship and documentation, historical developments as well as the current trends under the influence of information and communication technologies. The main purpose is to contribute to understanding of techniques and technologies used to effective organization of information in libraries and other information centres.

Issues on processing, organization and management of information and data are presented in the book, taking into consideration existing situation as well as current approaches, trends and practices in the field, in Greece and everywhere in the world. Particularly, there are described issues like cataloging and description of documents (AACR2, FRBR, RDA), metadata (with emphasis on Dublin Core), subject analysis and indexing, classification, subject headings, thesauri, modern knowledge organization systems (ontologies, taxonomies, topic maps). Each chapter is followed by related bibliography, as well as indicative questions and exercises with their solutions, while the book also contains a table of abbreviations and acronyms and a greek-english glossary of terms.
Linguistic Editors: Spanaka, Adamantia
Type: Undergraduate textbook
Creation Date: 2015
Item Details:
ISBN 978-960-603-260-8
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/gr
Handle http://hdl.handle.net/11419/1674
Bibliographic Reference: Kapidakis, S., Lazarinis, F., & Toraki, K. (2015). ISSUES IN LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://hdl.handle.net/11419/1674
Language: Greek
Consists of: 1. Introduction to Library and Information Science
2. Cataloging and description of documents
3. Subject analysis and indexing
4. Classification
5. Subject headings
6. Thesauri
7. Modern knowledge organisation systems
8. Metadata
9. Dublin Core
Number of pages 250
Publication Origin: Kallipos, Open Academic Editions