Since the 1950s, some of the world's greatest libraries have dismantled much of their collections of original bound newspapers and books, replacing them with microfilmed copies. In this book the real motives behind the dismantling of our recorded heritage is examined.

Richard Rubin has written a completely revised and updated edition of the first textbook - and most widely-used - specifically written to cover the fundamentals of library and information science.

A practical guide to the world of cataloging and classification. It incorporates the 2002 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, Second Edition (AACR2), MARC 21, the 22nd edition of Dewey Decimal Classification , schedules of the LC Classifications, the Library of Congress Subject Headings, and the 18th edition of Sears List of Subject Headings .

Metadata is used to organize and access information in an effective way. This is a comprehensive description of the various forms of metadata, its applications, and how librarians can use it. Both descriptive and nondescriptive forms of metadata are defined and applied to library functions.

Addressing both the big-picture fundamentals and nuts-and-bolts details, this is an introduction to MARC 21. It covers: how to search MARC records; what the terms and codes mean; how different library departments use MARC; and how MARC record data should be presented to end users.

Charts how as business, politics, science, and media move online, the rules of the physical world - in which everything has a place - are upended. This book shows how people can reap rewards from the rise of digital knowledge.