Contents

pp v-xii

Preface

pp xiii-xvi

Acknowledgements

pp xvii-xviii

1 - Introduction

pp 1-12

Part 1 - Libraries and information services: evolution or revolution?

pp 13-16

2 - The history of libraries

pp 17-24

3 - Types of library service and library

pp 25-34

4 - Library design

pp 35-40

5 - The future of libraries

pp 41-44

Part 2 - Library and information resources and services

pp 45-48

6 - Content, storage and delivery

pp 49-54

7 - Library services

pp 55-64

8 - Collection management and collection development

pp 65-72

9 - Preservation and digitization

pp 73-84

Part 3 - Information organization and access

pp 85-88

10 - Classification

pp 89-102

11 - Cataloguing, bibliographic formats and metadata

pp 103-114

12 - Subject indexing and vocabulary control

pp 115-122

13 - Information retrieval

pp 123-140

Part 4 - Library and information users and society

pp 141-144

14 - The library as social institution

pp 145-154

15 - Services to library users

pp 155-164

16 - Government legislation and policies

pp 165-172

Part 5 - Library technologies

pp 173-176

17 - Fundamentals of computing and the information age

pp 177-184

18 - Information technology standards: databases, markup and the internet

pp 185-204

19 - Library management systems

pp 205-214

20 - Digital libraries

pp 215-228

Part 6 - Management and marketing in libraries

pp 229-232