" ... intenta proporcionar los conocimientos básicos relativos al origen y evolución de las bibliotecas, a la conformación y desarrollo de la Bibliotecología, la Documentación y la Ciencia de la Información, resaltando los cambios suscitados en su estructura conceptual y contexto de aplicación, a partir del uso cada vez más extendido de las tecnologías de la información y de la comunicación en la sociedad contemporánea. Los alcances disciplinares y epistémicos de la Archivología completan esta propuesta de aproximación a las Ciencias de la Información. Los capítulos de esta obra, preparados especialmente por docentes de la carrera, presentan una introducción a temas sustanciales: la organización y el tratamiento de la información, los servicios al público, las actividades culturales en la biblioteca pública, la conservación preventiva del patrimonio documental, la gestión y la automatización en unidades de información, la investigación en Bibliotecología/Ciencia de la Información y la enseñanza de la Bibliotecología en el Mercosur y en la Argentina." --P.[4] of cover.

El propósito de este Glosario es el de reunir las definiciones de las voces que están relacionadas con el acceso a la información existente en las bibliotecas y agencias similares de documentación, individual o colectivamente, y a lasfunciones y actividades que éstas llevan a cabo. De forma más específica, elGlosario incluye definiciones de términos que se refieren a la producción, reproducción, recopilación, organización, almacenamiento y conservación de documentos y a la organización, administración y prestación de servicios por parte de las bibliotecas, centros de medios audiovisuales y agencias de documentación. También incluye palabras utilizadas en investigación en estas áreas funcionales.

Examine cataloging and classification training programs around the world Education for Library Cataloging: International Perspectives examines the global development of educational programs for cataloging and classification in the library and information field. Library school faculty and professional librarians from more than 20 countries discuss a wide range of topics, including formal school and continuing education of catalog librarians, education and training for paraprofessional staff in cataloging and technical services, changes in library school programs, and metadata and information organization instruction. Faculty members and seasoned librarians from Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, Latin America, and the Middle East present case studies and overviews of library and information school programs, bibliographies of cited works in both Western and non-Western language literature, and plenty of helpful tables and charts. Articles presented in Education for Library Cataloging: International Perspectives are organized geographically to make it easier to check which countries are covered in each region, and to determine regional similarities and differences. Political, historical, cultural, religious, and linguistic factors were also considered to demonstrate the wide range of educational efforts and programs to cultivate cataloging professionals all over the world. Topics examined in Education for Library Cataloging: International Perspectives include: * education and training development for librarians in the University of Botswana Library * the library science school curricula in the Cross River State of Nigeria * the training of students in cataloging via distant education in South Africa * education programs in China * the education for knowledge organization (including cataloging and classification) in India * the current status of cataloging education in Japan * on the job training of catalog librarians in South Korea * the education for cataloging in Australia * how catalog librarians are trained in Germany and Austria * recent changes to the library education system in Poland * a critical study of cataloging instruction within the library and information science programs in Spain * a recent survey of graduate education and training for cataloging and classification in the United Kingdom * an overview of the education for cataloging and classification in Mexico * the current status of cataloging and classification education in Egypt * recent changes to cataloging teaching in Israel * the continuing education for catalogers in Saudi Arabia * and much more Many of the articles presented in Education for Library Cataloging: International Perspectives document the initial efforts to introduce education for cataloging in particular countries, including Egypt and Japan. This book is an invaluable resource for library and information school educators, administrators, and students.

This directory lists education institutions world-wide where professional education and training programmes in the field of library, archive and information science are carried out at a tertiary level of education or higher. More than ten years after the publication of the last edition, this up-to-date reference source includes more than 900 universities and other institutions, and more than 1.500 relevant programmes. Entries provide contact information as well as details such as statistical information, tuition fees, admission requirements, programmes' contents.

Education and training for the library profession have changed over the decades, and this publication looks both at the past and the future of these developments at schools of library and information science as well as the role of IFLA's Section on Education and Training. The chapters cover regional developments in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and the Americas; special topics, such as quality assurance and case studies; and future considerations in LIS education.