Advances in Library and Information Science Book Series Fills Critical Gap in ALIS Literature

By IGI Global on Jul 9, 2012
Last September, IGI Global created the Advances in Library and Information Science (ALIS) Book Series, specifically designed to expand the body of library science literature by covering a wide range of important and timely topics affecting public, school, academic, and specialized libraries and librarians, particularly those relating to technological advances, digitization of resources, and cutting-edge services. The series has had great success in filling this niche, offering titles that cover topics on discoverability, community partnerships, remote access, information literacy, collection development and management, as well as technology and digital libraries.

One ALIS title, in particular, has been especially well-received and acclaimed:

E-Reference Context and Discoverability in Libraries: Issues and Concepts

Sue Polanka (Wright State University, USA)

This reference consists of over 20 informative chapters by librarians, publishers, and other industry professionals that propose new ideas for reinventing reference collections and interfaces to fit the needs of today's researchers. The chapters examine the issues of reference context and discoverability in school, public, and academic libraries, as well as within the reference publishing community. Librarians, publishers, and those studying library and information science are the book's primary audience, but others in the information industry, particularly those with an interest in reference, will find significant value here as well. To view all the reviews on this book, click here.

"It will be of great value to Against the Grain's audience, as it instructs, prepares, and provides readers with the knowledge and understanding of discoverability and e-reference as a means of bringing vetted reference sources directly to researchers."

- ATG Book of the Week, Against the Grain

"Librarians, publishers, and others concerned with reference information, explore ways to harmonize reference services at libraries with the resources now available and with the approaches and techniques that researchers are now using. They cover the changing landscape of electronic reference, the value of information literacy in research, the design and delivery of reference content, solutions for electronic reference discovery, and case studies."

- SciTech Book News, Book News Inc.

"The materials presented in this work will benefit any librarian or future librarian as the electronic world integrates more and more with the traditional library services offered."

- Sara Marcus, American Reference Books Annual, Volume 43

Learn more about the ALIS book series here.

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