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We purchased an online subscription here at UCD, Ireland last year. Perhaps the publisher could provide a more comprehensive report regarding hard copy and online purchases? Regards, Diane On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 6:50 PM, Laval Hunsucker <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Marcia J. Bates wrote : > > > > -->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, . . . > > This does indeed seem noteworthy. > > There is not a single copy present in this country ( according to > our union catalogue ). There appears, on a quick check, to be for > example only one copy in Spain ( at the national library ), only > one in France ( at the national library ), only one in Italy ( Torino ), > only one in Austria ( Graz ), only ( ! ) two in the UK ( BL and > Liverpool ). And hardly any evidence of online subscriptions. > > How is one to explain this ? For a "comprehensive state-of-the-art > review" ? Why should one have ultimately to resort to a "special > appeal" by the editor ? > > Any suggestions ? > > > - Laval Hunsucker > Breukelen, Nederland > > > > From: Marcia J. Bates <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Sent: Fri, April 1, 2011 1:39:18 AM > Subject: A special appeal > > > 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 > > -- > > Marcia J. Bates, Ph.D. > Professor Emerita > Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science > Editor, Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences, 3rd Ed. > Department of Information Studies > Graduate School of Education and Information Studies > University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) > Los Angeles, CA 90095-1520 USA > Tel: 310-206-9353 > Fax: 310-206-4460 > Web: http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/faculty/bates/ > > -- Diane H. Sonnenwald Head of School Professor School of Information and Library Studies University College Dublin Belfield, Dublin 4 Ireland Phone: +353 1 716 7799 Mobile: +353 87 212 5955 Email: [log in to unmask]