Presentation made in the seminar of Refresher course in Library and Information science at academic Staff College, Banaras Hindu University on 10.12.2008.
From the Iron Curtain to the Electronic Fence
Ralph Adam reports on the Sekforde Arms meeting on 8 July 2008
The International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) is an important resource a...
An invisibility of librarians
What is the collective noun for librarians? Suggestions have included a ‘hush’, a ‘stack’ and a ‘catalogue’. Perhaps, a ‘collection’ is more appropriate.Or, maybe, an ...
Send a boy – or dial it yourself? Numbering for the information society
Ralph Adam
City University, Northampton Square, London EC1V 0HB Email: ralph@city.ac.uk
Abstract Numbering and addressing ar...
Will science become a land of diminishing opportunities?
LP Hartley’s The go-between begins with the immortal sentence: "The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.” In that st...
Web access for all
Craven, J. (editor). Web accessibility: practical advice for the library and information professional.
Facet Publishing, 2008; viii + 168pp; ISBN 978-1-85604-625-1; £39.95 (CILIP...
Why bother with ethical principles? This article discusses the issues and explains why.
There has been much debate about the need for ethical codes in librarianship and information science. This...
A lecture delivered in the seminar on ‘Repositioning the information profession for the market place’. June 24, 2005, Department of Library & information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore.
Ab...
DESIDOC Bulletin of Information Technology, 27(4) July 2007, p 45 – 50.
Abstract: Digital invasion of recent years has shaken librarianship. This paper tries to look at some important issues of i...
MLIM6316 – Organizing Information
Information organization in real situations with technology support
Presenter: Alan Poon Email address: kyokoap@yahoo.com.hk
Credit: Chih-Hao Tsai at Chih-Hao Tsa...