Argues that the gap between digerati hype and end-user gloom is largely due to the tunnel vision that information-driven technologies breed. This book shows us how to look beyond our obsession with information and individuals to include the critical social networks of which these are always a part.

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 .

A comprehensive text on creating clear and complete bibliographic records. This updated edition includes information on computerized cataloguing formats, authority controls and the current practices in creating, formatting and maintaining bibliographic records.

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.

The Meaning of Everything is the story behind the making of the first Oxford English Dictionary. In this account of the OED's creation, Winchester introduces a host of characters, from the murderer who contributed from his prison cell to the self-taught draper's son who guided the project towards fruition.

In addition to providing guidance on grammar, the mechanics of writing, and APA style, this manual offers an authoritative reference and citation system. It also covers the treatment of numbers, statistical and mathematical data, tables and figures for use in writing, reports or presentations.

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.

A comprehensive social theory of the Internet and networked information economy, this work describes how patterns of information, knowledge, and cultural production are changing - and shows that the way information and knowledge are made available can either limit or enlarge the ways people create and express themselves.

This text aims to encourage the reader to become more aware of the ways people and technology are interrelated. The authors draw on their own empirical research in offices, libraries, schools and hospitals to show how people can engage their own values and commitments while using technology.

In this book, Bernardo Huberman explains in accessible language the laws of the Web. He has established, for example, that the surfing patterns of individuals are describable by a precise law. Such findings can lead to more efficient Web design and use.

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.

Explains the basic reference processes and sources of information in the libraries in modern times. This book is useful as a tool for understanding basic reference forms, and aims to reflect the easy accessibility of electronic databases on the Internet. It features a companion volume that discusses the changes in information technologies.

The first in the fantastically successful Harry Potter series

Tells the story of a seventeen-year-old dropout who has been kicked out of his fourth school. This novel dissects the 'phony' aspects of society, and the 'phonies' themselves: the headmaster whose affability depends on the wealth of the parents, his roommate who scores with girls using sickly-sweet affection.

Thomas S. Kuhn's work explaining the process of scientific discovery. This text is the third edition and incorporates a new index.

Including step-by-step instructions, this guide to HTML introduces the reader to HTML and XHTML essentials. It helps you learn how to design, structure, and format your Web site; and create and use images, links, styles, lists, tables, frames, and forms. It includes coverage of CSS techniques, browsers (Opera, Safari, Firefox), and more.

A rich resource for readers interested in the study of American culture. --'South Atlantic Review. ' The essays are noteworthy in their own right, and the collection overall is unified and coherent...'Reading in America' shows a field in its early stages that is attracting a group of extremely talented scholars. --'Journal of American History.

Including the articles on key issues, this edition is an anthology of articles and pieces on the theory, method and use of oral history. It details issues in the theory and practice of oral history, and covers influential debates in its development. Including introductions to each of the articles, it provides an aid to research.