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This five-volume set is most impressive not only for the efforts that went into its development, but also for its exceptional quality, organization, and value to a wide variety of libraries...an excellent addition to nearly any library.
– Reference & User Services Quarterly 45(3)
With the immeasurable wide range of topics covering remarkably just about every important aspect of information science and technology, the Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology is an essential resource for students and educators, researchers, professional information technologists, and all libraries.
– Journal of Business and Finance Librarianship, Vol. 11 (1) 2005
"Faculty wanting to expand their IT knowledge will be well served. Students faced with papers to develop will appreciate well-written introductions to their topics, along with resource lists and glossaries for each entry."
– CHOICE, September 2005, Vol. 43 No.1
"This set is best suited to academic libraries, particularly information systems and business collections, and library and information science collections. Special libraries and large public libraries may also find it of interest."
– Library Journal, May 15, 2005
I would recommend this encyclopedia as a reference work to any tertiary academic library, full stop. Large secondary school libraries would find it very useful, and the price is so reasonable that many could afford it. It should be purchased by all large and medium-sized public libraries. Some individuals, especially academics teaching information systems, ought to buy it, too.
– Online Information Review, Volume 25, No. 4
The reader can dip into any volume and find interesting data and issues.
– Education Libraries, Winter 2004 Issue
As an MIS professor, I am constantly faced with staying abreast of technology changes. The Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology is an exhaustive and convenient method of meeting these needs. I would recommend these volumes to all of my technical and behavioral information technology colleagues.
– Information Resources Management Journal, Vol. 18, Issue 3, 2005
"This encyclopedia will be useful in large university reference collections and corporate libraries, and is a must-have for all libraries supporting library and information science programs."
– American Reference Books Annual (ARBA), March 2005
"... a good purchase for a library school, largely because of its broad range of topics relating to information science and technology."
– Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, Spring 2005
"Many of the topics, such as data mining, distance learning, knowledge management, and web applications, are pertinent to librarianship."
– Library Journal, May, 15 2005 <
p> "Quite simply, this is a very significant publication. It is impressive in its size and scope, scholarly in its content, delightful in its physical presentation, and what's more, it all comes for a very reasonsable price."
– Online Information Review, Volume 25, No. 4
"This collection belongs in every academic library because of the scope, range and reference utility."
– E-Streams
"This is an invaluable source for practitioners, and an important addition for academic and major public libraries."
– Abstracts of Public Administration, Development, and Environment (APADE)
"This collection of books represents the most thorough research and writings from the experts from all over the world in Information Systems. This encyclopedia is easy to read and navigate through. A must have for anyone in Information Technology."
– Professor Shirley Fedorovich, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USA
"An encyclopedia specifically devoted to information science and technology is an idea whose time has come. It is a perfect addition to any library's reference section. Not only can a reader find a topic of interest researched using up-to-date references, but s/he can locate topics of related interest with relative ease. A worthwhile accomplishment."
– Professor Edward Szewczak, Canisius College, USA
"The Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology can serve as a most useful reference for any researcher beginning to explore a new area of information systems."
– Professor France Belanger, Virginia Tech, USA
"I have to commend the editor for undertaking such an enormous task in putting together these five volumes of Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology."
– Mo Adam Mahmood, Ellis and Susan Mayfield Professor in Business Administration at the University of Texas at El Paso, USA
"The Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology offers a comprehensive, unique repository of research contributions provided by leading scholars from around the globe."
– Professor Shirley Ann Becker, Florida Institute of Technology, USA
"The work's global scope is principally an asset."
– Library Journal, May, 15 2005