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Elements of Information Organization and Dissemination provides Information on how to organize and disseminate library and information science (LIS), a subject that is taught in many international Library Information Science university programs.
While there are many books covering different areas of the subject separately, this book covers the entire subject area and incorporates the latest developments.
List of contents
Chapter A. Background
Chapter B. Information Sources
Chapter C. Information Users
Chapter D. User Empowerment (UEm)
Chapter E. Organization of Information
Chapter F. Information Service
Chapter G. Current Awareness Service
Chapter H. Selective Dissemination of Information
Chapter I. Index and Indexing
Chapter J. Indexing Language
Chapter K. Controlled Vocabulary (CV)
Chapter L. Indexing Methods
Chapter M. Assigned Indexing
Chapter N. Derived Indexing
Chapter O. Information Consolidation
Chapter P. Documentation List
Chapter Q. Translation Service (TS)
Chapter R. Document Delivery Service (DDS)
Chapter S. Community Information Service (CIS)
Chapter T. Evaluation of Information Service
Chapter U. Information Centers
Chapter V. Information Systems and Networks
Chapter W. Promotion of IOD Activities
Chapter X. Standards for IOD Activities
Chapter Y. Automated Information Organization
Chapter Z. Recent Trends in IOD
About the author
Professor Amitabha Chatterjee is a well-known name in the sphere of LIS education. He has taught the subject for over 40 years at bachelor’s degree level and over 35 years at master’s degree level in different universities. He retired as Professor and Head of the Department of Library & Information Science, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. Professor Chatterjee has edited six journals and has published seven books.
