Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 16:36:49 -0800 (PST)
From: haire@uidaho.edu
Subject: New issue of Library Philosophy and Practice

Volume 5, number 2 (Spring 2003) of Library Philosophy and Practice
is now available at http://www.uidaho.edu/~mbolin/lp&p.htm

Contents of Volume 5, no. 2 (Spring 2003)
Feature Articles
Felix T. Chu, "Social Aspects of Information."
Abstract: Institutions have been moving away from the positivism evident
in many disciplines in the earlier years of the 20th century.
Institutional assessments have become local within a framework of best
practices. The concept of the social nature of information has
engendered published research in many fields. A piece of information
acquires meaning only when it is socially understood. This paper looks
at access points to library collections and explores the social context
in which they are created.

Daniel CannCasciato, Mary Wise. "Hierarchical Gaps and Subject Authority
Control Processing : an Assessment."
Abstract: This article assesses the frequency with which hierarchical
gaps occur during subject authority control processing. The gaps
referred to are those that will occur if supplemental authority records
are not downloaded for the broader terms of the new subject headings.
The results could have an impact on workflow, staff level assignment,
and automated procedures for subject authority control. If the frequency
of possible gaps in the hierarchical structure is significant, then they
must be accounted for.

John Neelankavil. "Indian Innovative Ways Are More Than Digitization:
Bhodhivanam, the Library's Forest Environment."
Abstract: While Western thought has had a strong influence on library
science, there is also a strong Eastern tradition, exemplified by S.R.
Ranganathan. This article introduces a number of concepts from Indian
thought and culture, and ties them to an approach to library science
that includes the idea of Bhodhivanam, a "forest environment" for the
library and the reader.

Library and Information Science Student Papers:
V. Franklin David Jebaraj, M. Deivasigamani. "The Electronic Library: an
Indian Scenario."
S. Siraj Nisha Begum. "Total Quality Management in the Academic Library."

Mary K. Bolin,
Gail Z. Eckwright,
editors, Library Philosophy and Practice

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