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Rec'd with a technical glitch. --gw ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 15:50:07 -0400 From: [log in to unmask] The School of Information Resources & Library Science is pleased to announce the publication of _Logic & the Organization of Information_ by Associate Professor Martin Fricke. The publisher is Springer > http://www.springer.com/computer/database+management+%26+information+retrieval/book/978-1-4614-3087-2 Logic and the Organization of Information closely examines the historical and contemporary methodologies used to catalogue information objects?books, ebooks, journals, articles, web pages, images, emails, podcasts and more?in the digital era. This book provides an in-depth technical background for digital librarianship, and covers a broad range of theoretical and practical topics including: classification theory, topic annotation, automatic clustering, generalized synonymy and concept indexing, distributed libraries, semantic web ontologies and Simple Knowledge Organization System (SKOS). It also analyzes the challenges facing today's information architects, and outlines a series of techniques for overcoming them. Logic and the Organization of Information is intended for practitioners and professionals working at a design level as a reference book for digital librarianship. Advanced-level students, researchers and academics studying information science, library science, digital libraries and computer science will also find this book invaluable. -- Stephen J Stillwell jr, PhD Coordinator of Recruiting & Alumni/ae Affairs School of Information Resources & Library Science & Adjunct Lecturer, Department of History School of the Social & Behavioral Sciences University of Arizona