Howard Rosenbaum, SLIS MIS Program Director, has been appointed to the Editorial Advisory Board of the Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences, Third Edition, Dekker Encyclopedias, Taylor and Francis Group.
In inviting Dr. Rosenbaum to be on the board, the Third Edition editors wrote:
"You will notice that the encyclopedia title is now plural: The Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences. We have engaged in this small act of renaming in order to signal an important change in the content of the encyclopedia. We believe that the time has come to recognize the plurality of information sciences that are emerging today, and to produce an encyclopedia that reflects both the broad scope and interrelatedness of the several information disciplines that are now maturing. To that end, we are completely re-visioning the content and organization of the encyclopedia, developing parallel topical categorizations across the disciplines, and rigorously defining what is and is not to be included.
To further these objectives, we have set about to create an Editorial Advisory Board that draws from several fields, and who will play an important part in realizing this more expansive vision for the information sciences in the content of the Third Edition of the encyclopedia. We believe that your expertise would constitute a valuable component of that Advisory Board, and we hope you will accept this invitation to serve on the Board."
Information about the Second Edition can be found on the Dekker Encyclopedias website. Description details include: "More than 10,000 references... Targets new and dynamic movements in the distribution, acquisition, and development of print and online media addressing recruitment, program planning in the digital era, information management, advances in digital technology and encoding, intellectual property issues, and hardware, software, and database selection and design."
Posted December 06, 2005