Argues that information science is the interface between people and literatures. Presents recent models of literatures that offer visual cues to relationships among writings that often are based on term occurrences/co-occurrences. Deals with online and offline visualizations and gives a critique of visualization research. Contains 240 references.…

Explores problems in information sharing; discusses the concept of metadata; illustrates its use on the World Wide Web, as well as other related approaches; and presents an approach to information sharing that uses a semantic modeling language (referent model language) as the basis for expressing semantics of information and designing metadata…

Addresses information versus library science and examines what the dispute over graduate education means for librarianship. Describes three arguments for maintaining a balance between library science and information science and the land-grant university ethic. A sidebar contains an interview with Ken Haycock focusing on what to expect from the…

Provides five articles: guide to employment sources in library and information professions, including library joblines; placements and salaries, 1996--counting on technology; accredited master's programs in library and information studies arranged by geographical areas; library scholarship sources; and library scholarship and award recipients,…

Does information technology "pull" the organizational management toward change in terms of authority and control, or is information technology "pushed" through the organization, by management, to maintain its existing system of authority and control? These conflicting positions are explored through a case study of the Federal…

Describes changes in many library schools' curricula to emphasize training for high-tech careers in information management rather than traditional library skills and careers. Reports on the experience of the University of Michigan, which has restructured its library school into the new School of Information Management and Systems. (DB)

Describes 141 graduate programs in Instructional Technology, Educational Media and Communications, and School Library Media in 40 states and the District of Columbia. Entries provide name and address, contact person, degrees offered and specializations, special features, admission requirements, degree requirements, number of full-time and…

Discusses why print library collections are still important and will not be replaced by digital forms of information. Topics include technological improvement; reading from digital devices; universal conversion of library materials from print to digital form; digital communications; publishers and rights; data, information, and knowledge; and…

Within the U.S., information is a good in the "sphere" of basic welfare and security, and therefore (following Walzer's theory of justice), it should be distributed on the basis of the principle appropriate to the meaning of goods in that sphere-communal provision based on need and not on the basis of the distributive principle…

Reports results of a study investigating effects of four user characteristics on users' mental models of information retrieval (IR) systems. Findings indicated that educational and professional status, academic background, and computer experience had significant effects in differentiating users on their factor scores. First language had a…

Discussion of teamwork skills in library and information work outlines the objectives and components of a team-building program and assessed team project which are undertaken in the final year of the bachelor's degree program in Information Studies at Leeds Metropolitan University (United Kingdom). Results of an evaluative questionnaire are…

Describes the challenge of redefining the fundamental concept of a "document," focusing on information professionals' apprehensions about changes in information generation, control, and access, and the future of the information professions. Topics include bibliographic control, professional roles in electronic publishing, intellectual…

Based on the authors' experiences as catalog, reference, and network resources librarians, this paper examines traditional methods of operation and the emerging blending of duties and the effects on individuals and the profession. Examines changing demands on library users as a cause for the blurring lines. Concludes that catalogers and reference…

Introduces the special issue of the "Journal of American Society for Information Science and Technology," (JASIST) whose intent is to provide a forum for assessment of "where we have been and where we are going." Highlights themes that emerged from nine selected articles: Community and Trust; Communication and Community;…

Discusses the differences between objectified and interpretive approaches to context. Suggests that in information needs and seeking research (INS), the former approach has been more common. One way of understanding INS phenomena is to define them as patterns of behavior; another way is to understand them as phenomena mediated by social and…