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At LSU, the Beta Zeta Chapter of Beta Phi Mu donated funds so that the LSU Libraries could provide both the print and the online editions! We did not want to go without it, even though the state has a budget crisis. Michelynn On 3/31/2011 6:39 PM, Marcia J. Bates 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 > -- > 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/ -- Michelynn McKnight, PhD, AHIP Associate Professor Schoolof Libraryand Information Science LouisianaState University 269 Coates Hall Baton Rouge, LA 70803 225-578-7411 /Health Science Librarians: Doing better what they've always done well./