Yes-- re: being available as an E-resource, I haven't checked Worldcat
but it is very likely more holdings are listed under
continuations/e-resources as well as the print editions.

Someone had asked me about this last year, why I also remember it.
If libraries have had the earlier editions already, they most likely
will be added as continuations and as e-resources more today.  It's
considered a standard reference resources for library & information
sciences still by academic, research & public libraries.
And in today's markets believe me, $3000 for one title is nothing in
the shadow of current electronic resources prices that are worth
paying for out there (i.e. read "quality" publications both print and
online versions)

Cheers,
Karen Weaver

Karen Weaver, MLS, Electronic Resources Statistician, Duquesne
University, Gumberg Library, Pittsburgh PA email: [log in to unmask] /
Gmail: [log in to unmask]


On 3/31/11, Katherine McCain <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> We have e-access here at Drexel.
>
>  PRINTED TEXT
>     Encyclopedia of library and information sciences [electronic resource] /
> Marcia J. Bates, editor-in-
>
> Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, c2010.
> Click for resource
>
> Kate McCain
>
>
> On 3/31/11 7:39 PM, "Marcia J. Bates" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Dear Folks,
>
> I'm sending a special appeal to the field regarding the Third Edition of the
> Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences (CRC Press, 2010). My
> Co-Editor Mary N. Maack and I did our very best to bring the highest quality
> encyclopedia to the field.
>
> This was a monster project--a huge commitment by many people. Over 700
> authors--including many of you--and a 50-person advisory panel were involved
> in writing the many brand-new and updated article-length entries in the
> 7-volume,  5,742-page encyclopedia (also available in online form).  Some of
> the best-known researchers and professional leaders from many countries
> contributed.
>
> After retiring, I worked full time for 4 years as Editor-in-Chief, and Mary
> worked on overload for the same time while still working full time at UCLA.
> No fewer than 13,000 email messages were exchanged on my portion of the work
> alone.
>
> We worked and re-worked the contents so as to create as comprehensive,
> balanced, and up-to-date coverage as possible of several information
> disciplines, including LIS, archives, museum studies, informatics, knowledge
> management, and social studies of information.
>
> -->Yet only half of the US and Canadian LIS programs have bought the
> encyclopedia, according to OCLC's WorldCat.  Most of the British,
> Scandinavian, or other European schools have not bought it, despite the many
> authors--over 30% of the total--that we were able to attract from outside
> the U.S.  I know these have been unusually hard times economically, but if
> we are not able to recognize and take up such a huge communal project so
> central to our field--then what does matter to us as a professional
> community?
>
> Rather than an encyclopedia to be consulted only occasionally, it should be
> thought of as a comprehensive state-of-the-art review of all the specialties
> in the information disciplines--a review that can be consulted frequently,
> with the articles widely used in classrooms.  ASIST members were kind enough
> to award it the "Best Information Science Publication of the Year" award for
> 2010. (See a recent review in: Tony Chalcraft, (2011) Reference Reviews,
> 25(1): 9-11.)
>
> Please see the full Introduction, Topical Table of Contents, and
> Alphabetical Table of Contents on my website:
> http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/faculty/bates/ . The Topical Table of Contents
> best presents the underlying structure of the encyclopedia, being grouped by
> the major categories of topics covered.
>
> -->Remember, you as faculty can recommend the purchase of items by your
> library; don't assume that the purchase will happen otherwise.
>
> Thanks for your attention, Marcia
>