APA Referencing Techniques

Referencing Techniques  GIBS REFERENCING STANDARD (APA 6TH) http://www.gibs.co.za/information-centre/research/referencing-techniques.aspx FAQs on APA referencing techniques Click here to open Amended version of APA format style (6th ed.) WRITING A BIBLIOGRAPHY What is a bibliography? At the end of any piece of work (from an essay to an article for publication), you need to include a bibliography (list of references) of the materials used in writing it. Referencing is a standardised method of acknowledging the sources of information and ideas you have used. Usually you will identify these sources in the text (either with the author's surname and date in brackets, or with a number) and then include the full references as footnotes and/or as a list at the end of the work. Why should I reference?  It is important to acknowledge the inclusion of ideas and quotations from other people to avoid charges of plagiarism. Including references allows the reader to locate and verify the original sources and to further their own research. What should I reference? You should reference all direct quotations, any ideas that you have summarised and any statistics that you have used. These may be found in any medium, e.g. book, journal, newspaper, webpage, email message, etc What information do I need? Whenever you take notes, or make a photocopy/print-out of information that you intend to use in your work, make sure that you make a full record of its source. It is always far more difficult and time-consuming to look up references later. The information that you will generally need is: For a book  Author or editor Title of book Year of publication Place of publication Publisher  For a journal article or book chapter  Author of article/chapter Title of article/chapter Year of publication Journal title/Book title (and editor) Volume number Issue number Page numbers for the article For electronic media  Author or editor Year of publication Article title Type of medium Location (e.g. URL, database) Date accessed  How to set out a bibliography Whichever style you use, you will usually set out a bibliography in the following way: Alphabetically, according to the author/editor's surname If there is no author/editor, list the work alphabetically by title (missing out The/A/An) If there is more than one work by the same author/editor, list them chronologically (by date with the oldest first) If there is more than one work by the same author/editor

RefWorks

RefWorks is a web-based research management service, similar in function to products such as EndNote, Reference Manager and ProCite.  It allows users to easily gather, manage, store and share all types of information, as well as automatic formatting of the paper and the bibliography. There is no charge for use to Stellenbosch University staff and students.http://www.lib.sun.ac.za/Library/eng/finding/refworks_faq.htm#Definition

Write-N-Cite is a feature that allows you to access your references in RefWorks while working within Microsoft Word.  By installing the Write-N-Cite plug-in from RefWorks you may, at the click of a button, easily insert your saved references within you research text and, when you are read, add a bibliography to the end of the document

Multidisciplinary – A New 21st Century Librarianship Skill

Among all of the skills that I’ve pointed out as a new 21st Century librarianship skill, this one seems to encompass many of them, but if considered only in a “DUH Ya!” sort of way, one misses the depth of what being a multidisciplinary librarian really means. It really is far from DUH Ya! It’s more like “Whoaaaaaaa!”

Most often people talk about the concept of interdisciplinary skills and learning about other subjects outside of one’s primary discipline. Normally, interdisciplinary refers to study that draws from two fields and combines their various aspects together and studies the interrelations, interactions and synergies.

To me, the concept of multidisciplinary librarianship means that the librarian takes elements from all applicable areas of study as they relate to librarianship, and combines them into a practice that takes advantage of those interrelations, interactions and synergies from all disciplines, not just two.

For example; a highly effective library director (or any librarian in any position), in addition to understanding the “science” of their profession, needs to understand and be able to practice leadership, management, organizational dynamics, politics, and all the other new skills;
• Business Acumen
• Cloud Computing
• Crowdsourcing
• Customer Targeting
• Digital Discovery
• Discontinuous Thinking
• Gaming
• Likenomics
• Open Innovation
• Planned Abandonment
• Social Networking
• Subject Matter Expert in Community

The best graphical analogy that I can think of to show this distinguishing characteristic of a 21st Century librarian http://21stcenturylibrary.com/2012/04/03/multidisciplinary-a-new-21st-century-librarianship-skill/is the Hindu God Ganesa, with the legendary memory of an elephant, multiple arms and ample tools. If you feel like this, then probably you are a multidisciplinary librarian.

Especially in the 21st Century, virtually no other profession requires the kind of multidisciplinary skills that librarianship requires. How long is your list of professional skills?

Underground Robotic Library

Research Libraries are facing an unexpected challenge too many books, Despite Digitization, Bound collection s continue to grow. Some libraries house their stacks offsite, which can create multi day delays between request and retrieval. Last June, the Mansueto Library at the University of Chicago which accumulates 150,000 books every year introduced a system of robotic stacks capable of holding 3.5 million volumes in one seventh the space required by conventional stacks. DEMATIC

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ICSSR-NASSDOC

It is my pleasure to announce that, ICSSR-NASSDOC has revised the amount for acquisition of theses to Rs. 3000/- for both hard copy with soft version and Rs. 2000/- for hard copy only. 

National Social Science Documentation Centre (NASSDOC), ICSSR has a library for the social science community. Ph.D. Theses in social sciences (approved by the Indian universities) form a part of its core collection. Research scholars from different region visit NASSDOC to consult this collection. As a national institution, NASSDOC aims to build a truly representative collection of Ph.D. theses in each of the areas that make up the social sciences. Ph.D. dissertations on India by Indian / foreign students approved by the foreign universities are also acquired.

Procedure for Acquisition

NASSDOC closely scrutinises the announcements made by the universities regarding award of Ph.D. degree. The periodical 'University News' is also scanned regularly for this purpose.
Thereafter, a letter is sent to the scholars requesting them to send the details of his research work, i.e. synopsis containing scope, methodology , objectives and major findings. The details are examined by a screening committee. Final decision on acquisition of these is taken on the basis of the recommendations of this committee.

Terms and Conditions

Scholars are required to fill in a proforma. This is sent along with the synopsis.

(Click on the following link to download the form)
http://www.icssr.org/doc_acq%20_thesis_annexure1.htm 

A formal order for purchase of a copy of thesis is sent to the scholar after receiving the recommendation of the screening committee.
An amount of Rs.1500/- is paid to a scholar for the thesis sent to NASSDOC. It is necessary to send the text of the thesis in electronic form alongwith a hard copy (Print) version of the work. A scholar who submits only the print version of the thesis is paid Rs. 750/- only.

The scholars who have received publication grant from ICSSR are required to submit a complimentary copy of their Ph.D. theses.

As on today NASSDOC has collection of 5650 Ph.D. these in the field of social science.

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Digital Libraries Federation

DLF initiatives change with needs; as some projects come to fruition or find new support, the DLF invests in others, staying flexible as a catalyst for experiment and change. For example, the DLF has promoted work on the following:

• Digital library structures, standards, preservation, and use
• Archives for electronic journals
• Online collections for use in teaching
• Internet services that expand access to resources of use to scholars
• Assessments of the future roles of libraries.

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University's Three Minute Thesis (3MT)

Explaining your research thesis can be challenging at the best of times, so imagine having to do it in just 180 seconds to an audience who know nothing about your field.




The winner of a competition at the University of Sydney managed to do just that, convincing the audience and judges of the importance of her research on nutrition in intensive care patients.

Suzie Ferrie, from the Faculty of Science, competed against University of Sydney postgraduate research students to win the final of the University's Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition

Competitors in 3MT are challenged to give a three-minute rundown of their research projects. University of Sydney contestants covered topics as diverse as shark attacks, software infrastructure and meditation.
"One of the best parts of the competition was learning about all the interesting projects our researchers are working on. I was really inspired by all of the different things we're finding out and all the problems we're fixing," says Suzie.
As a dietitian in the intensive care unit (ICU) at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Suzie was concerned about whether the right amount of nutrition formula was being given to patients and the inability of hospitals to accurately assess patients' nutritional progress. It was this gap in information that inspired her to take up her research project at the University of Sydney.

"I rang all 182 ICUs in Australia and New Zealand to ask how they know they're feeding patients the right amount, and found that nobody actually knows for sure. Worldwide, the best practice is to make an estimate and wait until a problem arises before making any changes."
With patients' vital statistics monitored so closely in the ICU, nutrition can tend to come as a bit of an afterthought, Suzie says. However, if patients are not given enough nutrition, their wounds don't heal and they are more likely to pick up infections. If they are given too much they may have difficulty breathing.
By using data from biochemical tests that are commonly available and already routinely performed in hospitals, Suzie is developing a way of accurately measuring patients' response to nutrition. Because the data being used is from tests that already take place, her method can be used even in small hospitals.

Suzie hopes to have developed a usable tool by 2012, when she will begin conducting controlled trials.
The two runners-up of 3MT at the University were Ben Basger, who has drawn on his experiences as a pharmacist in Bondi to develop a better understanding of how we prescribe drugs to older people, and Danielle Merrett, who is analysing whether meditation helps us to make better decisions involving risk.
Suzie was awarded a prize of $1500 to travel to the Australia and New Zealand final at the University of Western Australia on 29 September, while the two runners-up received $500 each.

Founded in 2008, 3MT is designed to help early career researchers better communicate their research to the general public, regardless of their location and discipline.

The 'less is more' approach also helps contestants to crystallise their thoughts on their research projects.

Library Operating without Catalogue

State’s best library has been operating without a catalogue for 5 years


The State Central Library at Cubbon Park has over 2.5 lakh books. 1,500 people visit it daily, but in the absence of the catalogue, they are at the mercy of the library staff to find the books they want

The Karnataka State Central Library, standing majestically at Cubbon Park, and poised to turn 100 in a couple of years, is everything that a library should be. Only, don’t ask for the catalogue (though we agree that that’s a bit like denying an explorer a map).

Library officials say everything got messed up when the library was renovated in 2007. That was when parts of the catalogue went missing. “It was comprehensive and very reader-friendly. We launched a massive search operation, but are yet to locate it,” said a source in the state department of libraries.
Established in 1915 and housed in the Seshadri Iyer Memorial Building at Cubbon Park, the library is one of the most important and largest reference libraries in India — a treasure house of over 2.5 lakh books, including some 6,000 old and rare volumes and periodicals. It records a footfall of 1,000 to 1,500 readers every day and visitors include IAS, IPS and KAS officers, those preparing for competitive exams and research scholars.
On an average, about 2,000 books are referred to every day. The only hitch in finding what you want easily is the lack of a catalogue, a ready-reckoner of books available and where they can be found.

Inconvenience to readers

“Catalogues are like an index to the library. Non-availability of a catalogue is causing inconvenience to readers here,” deputy director of the State Central Library, R K Badigannavar, admitted to Bangalore Mirror.
However, he said they were in the process of streamlining all data on literature available in the library. “We are using a software developed by National Informatics Centre (NIC) and have already started the process which will take three to four months. As the library has a good number of literature available in Indian languages, officials are looking for an advanced software to upload the data,” he added. Till the catalogue is completed, visitors will have to make do with pestering the staff.
Sharath, a student and a regular visitor to library, said: “I have been visiting this library for almost three years. Even colleges and universities have digitised their library. Computerised catalogues have to be in place for readers. It is sad that the state government is not paying enough attention to this. However, the good thing is that officials here are very helpful.”

Despite the inconvenience, Badigannavar says the library is buzzing. “Every day, I receive 300 odd calls, inquiring about the books. Many IAS, IPS and KAS officials come here to express their gratitude. Hundreds of aspirants who have used the library have cleared the public service examinations. Even the older generation come here to relive the old days,” he said.

Indian Scientists Bags Open Access Award

NEW DELHI] Efforts at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, to create an open access repository for research papers have resulted in recognition this month (1 January) from the Electronic Publishing Trust (EPT) for Development in the United Kingdom.




Francis Jayakanth, who manages the IISc’s National Centre for Science Information (NCSI), claimed the first international award instituted by EPT for individuals working in developing countries who have helped advance open access and the free exchange of research findings.



Runners-up for the award were Ina Smith from the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, Tatyana Zayseva from Khazar University, Azerbaijan, and Xiaolin Zang of the National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Science.



EPT described Jayakanth as "a renaissance man of open access." He was instrumental in creating IISc’s institutional repository (IR) of open access research papers and providing technical support for establishing IRs and open access journals in India.



Jayakanth also developed a free, open source software tool (CDSOAI), which is now widely used in India.



NCSI, set up in 1983 as an inter-university centre and handed over to the IISc in April 2002, has more than 32,000 publications. It grew out of training programmes in Indian library schools.



India currently has 53 registered open access repositories, but "this number is very small compared to the number of universities and institutions that are engaged in higher education and research," Jayakanth told SciDev.Net.



"Moreover, research work done in India and published in Indian journals does not reach the international community. This is because many of the Indian journals are not being indexed by discipline-specific abstracting databases," Jayakanth said.



According to Jayakanth, IRs should ideally have the final accepted version of research papers, but there is no official mandate for Indian scientists to submit their work to them.



Subbaiah Arunachalam, a former publications editor with the state-run Council of Scientific and Industrial Research and a leading campaigner for open access, observed that the IISc example was an "exception rather than the rule in India."



Similarly, Arunachalam commented, the Indian Council for Agricultural Research’s (ICAR)’s "attempts at open access are half-hearted, and wherever institutes have achieved something, it has come from individual initiatives."


Sridhar Gutam, an ICAR scientist who has initiated an online forum called Open Access India, said the Indian government is yet to adopt a policy of making all public-funded research open access

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Bibliography on information management

Assessing information needs : tools and techniques / David Nicholas. - London : Aslib, January 1997. - 60p. ; 23cm. - ISBN 0 85142 385 X.

Competing with knowledge : the information professional in the knowledge management age / Angela Abell and Nigel Oxbrow. - London : Library Association in association with TFPL, March 2001. - 288p. - ISBN 1-85604-339-8 : £37.50
The fourth resource : information and its management / edited by David P. Best. - Aldershot : Gower, 1996. - 166p. ; 23cm. - ISBN 0 566 07696 9.
Great information disasters / edited by Forest W. Horton and Dennis Lewis. - London : Aslib, 1991. - 218p. ; 24cm. - ISBN 0 85142 255 1.

"Twelve fascinating examples of how mismanagement of information leads to human misery, political misfortune and business failure."

The high cost of not finding information / Susan Feldman. - KMWorld, vol.13, issue 3, March 2004

InfoMap : a complete guide to discovering corporate information resources / Cornelius F. Burk, Jr., and Forest W. Horton, Jr. - Washington, D.C. : Information Management Press, 1991. - isbn 0-9606408-6-X : US$42.95. - (Originally published, Englewood Cliffs, NJ : Prentice Hall, 1988).
Information as a corporate resource : moving to centre stage / by Angela Abell. - Records Management Bulletin, December 1996, issue no.77, p.9-12.
Information architecture resources / Jesse James Garrett. - [Accessed 2000-10-12]

List of Internet resources on information architecture, which the author defines as "structural design of the information space to facilitate intuitive access to content", particularly in relation to Web site design and organisation to make it easy to find information.

Information as an asset : the board agenda / The Hawley Committee ; a consultative document for chairmen, chief executives and boards of directors developed on behalf of the KPMG IMPACT Programme by a committee under the chairmanship of Dr Robert Hawley, chief executive of Nuclear Electric plc. - London : KPMG, 1995. [1] : A consultative report. - 30p. ; 30cm. [2] : Checklist and explanatory notes. - 16p. ; 23cm.

The information audit : an important management tool / Katherine Bertolucci. - Managing Information, June 1996, vol.3, no.6, p.34-35.
A brief account of the value, nature and procedures of an information audit.

Information culture and business performance / edited by Anne Grimshaw. - Hatfield : University of Hertfordshire Press. - ISBN 0 900458 62 3. - (Information strategy, ISSN 1345-5698 ; Report 2)

Includes BL R&D Report 6127 by Angela Abell and Vivienne Winterman, and additional papers.

Information in organisations: directions for information management / Joyce Kirk. - Information Research, Volume 4 No. 3 February 1999

The work of managers in small and medium-sized enterprises is very information-intensive and the environment in which it is done is very information rich. But are managers able to exploit the wealth of information which surrounds them? And how can information be managed in organisations so that its potential for improving business performance and enhancing the competitiveness of these enterprises can be realised? Answers to these questions lie in clarifying the context of the practice of information management by exploring aspects of organisations and managerial work and in exploring the nature of information at the level of the organisation and the individual manager. From these answers it is possible to suggest some guidelines for managing the integration of business strategy and information, the adoption of a broadly-based definition of information and the development of information capabilities. - Author's abstract

Information management : a consolidation of operations, analysis and strategy / Michael Middleton. - Wagga Wagga, NSW: Charles Sturt University, Centre for Information Studies, 2002. - (Topics in Australasian library and information studies ; no. 18). ISSN: 1030-5009. ISBN: 1876938366.

Available for purchase as pdf file. Information management as a discipline has become more prominent in recent times as enterprises seek effective ways to make use of corporate knowledge. It is now understood that this requires more than use of technology. Professionals with responsibilities in such areas as knowledge utilisation, strategic planning, records and archives systems, business analysis, libraries and data warehouses, have expressed information management strategies. They normally try to articulate approaches to dealing with organising and distributing information with attention to quality, or to determining needs of information users, or to analysing an environment that values the information and knowledge as resources and accordingly builds them into corporate planning. Most works have examined one of these areas without attending to the relationships between them. The principles have been confined to viewpoint of particular disciplines, or to particular levels of exploration. 'Information Management' extends the analysis from several perspectives. It consolidates material into a coherent framework of principles at operational, analytical and strategic levels that provides both an introduction to the field in general for students and a handbook for professionals. Michael Middleton teaches information management in the School of Information Systems at Queensland University of Technology; his research interests in QUT's Information Systems Management Research Group are in information use analysis. - [Abstract from publisher's web site] Review.

Information management : from strategies to action 2 / edited by Blaise Cronin. - London : Aslib, 1992. - 222p. ; 23cm. - ISBN 0 85142 281 0.

Information management and library science : a guide to the literature / Ray Prytherch. - Aldershot : Gower, 1993. - 332p. - ISBN 0 566 07467 2.

Information management for business / Allan Taylor, Stephen Farrell. - London : Aslib, 1994. - 170p. ; 23cm. - ISBN 0 85142 313 2.

Information management in museums / Elizabeth Orna and Charles Pettitt. - Aldershot : Gower, January 1998. 304p. ; 24cm. - ISBN 0 566 07776 0.

"Exploring issues such as meeting the needs of users, human resources and training, how to choose a computer system and how to achieve integrated management of information in the context of new technology, multimedia and the Internet, the book presents plenty of practical advice. 19 case studies . . ." - Publishers' leaflet.

Information management report : an international newsletter for information professionals and librarians / editor: Ray Prytherch. - Kidlington, Oxford : Elsevier Advanced Technology. - 30cm. - Monthly. - ISSN 0961-7612.

An information model of organization / David Kaye. - Managing Information, June 1996, vol.3, no.6, p.19-21.

A brief review, with 14 references, of work in organisation science and cognitive psychology of interest to information management.

Information retrieval design : principles and options for information description, organization, display, and access in information retrieval databases, digital libraries, and indexes / by James D. Anderson and Jose Perez-Carballo. - St. Petersburg, Fla. : Ometeca Institute ; East Brunswick, N.J. (302 Ryders Lane, East Brunswick, NJ 08816) : Distributed by University Publishing Solutions, 2005. - xiv, 617 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. - Includes glossary (p. 543-566), bibliography (p. 567-590) and index (p. 591-616). - ISBN 1-59271-945-7 (trade paper); ISBN 1-59271-945-7 (cloth library edition)

Full text, marked "draft", available at http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~carballo/cover.html

Information strategy in practice / Elizabeth Orna. - Aldershot : Gower, 2004. - 164p. - ISBN 0 566 08579 4. - £35.


"A reliable and comprehensive account of the key processes involved in developing organizational information policy and strategy, with realistic suggestions on carrying them through, grounded in real-life experience, with practical examples" - Publishers' leaflet Sample chapter can be downloaded from the Publishers' website.

Integrated information systems / edited by Michael Brittain. - London : Taylor Graham, 1992. - 100p ; 23cm. - (British Library R&D Report ; 6054). - ISBN 0 947568 53 0.

"This book describes research into the problems and possible solutions associated with the implementation of integrated information systems in UK organisations, carried out from the Department of Library and Information Studies at Loughborough University in 1990. The major part of the evidence collected is presented in the form of a number of case studies . . ." - Introduction

Integrating corporate information services / by Ian Day. - Records Management Bulletin, December 1996, issue no.77, p.3-7.
Arguments and possibilities for integration, with examples from the author's organisation, the British Medical Association.

The intellectual foundation of information organization / Elaine Svenonius . - Massachussets : MIT Press, 2000 . - 264p. - ISBN 0-262-19433-3


Integrating the disparate disciplines of descriptive cataloging, subject cataloging, indexing, and classification, the book adopts a conceptual framework that views the process of organizing information as the use of a special language of description called a bibliographic language. The book is divided into two parts. The first part is an analytic discussion of the intellectual foundation of information organization. The second part moves from generalities to particulars, presenting an overview of three bibliographic languages: work languages, document languages, and subject languages. It looks at these languages in terms of their vocabulary, semantics, and syntax. The book is written in an exceptionally clear style, at a level that makes it understandable to those outside the discipline of library and information science. - [Publisher's blurb]

Introducing information management : an information research reader / edited by Elena Macevici t and T D Wilson. - London : Facet Publishing, 2005. - 256p. - ISBN 1-85604-561-7 (hardback) £39.95 (£31.96 to CILIP Members)

Information management has exploded in importance in recent years and yet until now there has been no Reader to introduce students to the subject. This comprehensive international collection introduces the reader to the common topics and methodologies used in teaching Information Management, broadly: information behaviour; environmental scanning and decision-making; KM; and information strategy. These peer-reviewed papers represent an elite selection from the respected Information Research journal, each carefully updated to take into account recent developments. - [Publisher's Web page.]

An introduction to information management / David Aspinall. - London : British Standards Institution, 2004. - 76p. ; 21cm. - ISBN 0 580 43348 X : £25. - (BSI order ref BIP 0004)

This publication takes a detailed look at what to consider when implementing information management techniques within an organization. It describes a clear process; from the initial organizational analysis, to the final review. It provides an overview of why information and records are important, the sort of information you need to accumulate and how to introduce a change management process to meet current and future legislative, cultural and business needs.

Contents: Introduction; A world of information; Why we need to worry!; Information management today; The Government agenda; An immediate survival guide; Ensuring ongoing compliance - [Publisher's Web page.]

Making knowledge visible : communicating knowledge through information products / Elizabeth Orna. - Aldershot : Gower, 2005. - 212p. - Hardback : ISBN 0 566 08562 3, £65; paperback : ISBN 0 566 08563 1, £29.95.


Contents : Foreword. Part 1 Basic Ideas: Before we begin; No business without information products. Part 2 Information Products in the Organisational Context: Introduction - The context of information products; The business of the organisation; The value that IPs add (and subtract); The stakeholders and their interests. Part 3 In Support of IPs; Introduction; Knowledge and information management in support of IPs; Infrastructure for IPs: information systems, technology tools; Information design, reconciler of conflicting constraints. Part 4 Action for IP Value - a Practical Process: Introduction; An information auditing approach; Making a start; Auditing information products; Into action for value from IPs; Index- Publishers' web site. Sample chapter can be downloaded from the Publishers' website.

Managing information / Hugh Garai. - Aldershot : Gower, 1997. - 224p. ; 25cm. - ISBN 0 56 07740 X.



"This workbook will show you how to achive more by doing less, and introduce you to ways of thinking and acting that will help you to create a new framework for information handling . . ." - Publisher's leaflet.

Managing information. - London : Aslib, 1994- . Published ten times per year. - ISSN 1352-0229. - There are associated Web pages and a free weekly email Managing information newsletter.

Managing information as a corporate resource : proceedings of an Aslib conference, November 1995. - London : Aslib, 1995. - 285p. ; 30cm. - ISBN 0 85142 375 2.

The nonsense of 'knowledge management' / T.D. Wilson. - Information Research, Vol. 8 No. 1, October 2002, paper no. 144.


Examines critically the origins and basis of 'knowledge management', its components and its development as a field of consultancy practice. Problems in the distinction between 'knowledge' and 'information' are explored, as well as Polanyi's concept of 'tacit knowing'. The concept is examined in the journal literature, the Web sites of consultancy companies, and in the presentation of business schools. The conclusion is reached that 'knowledge management' is an umbrella term for a variety of organizational activities, none of which are concerned with the management of knowledge. Those activities that are not concerned with the management of information are concerned with the management of work practices, in the expectation that changes in such areas as communication practice will enable information sharing. - Author's abstract

Organizing information : principles of data base and retrieval systems / Dagobert Soergel. - Orlando, Fl. : Academic Press, 1985. - 450 p.


Organizing knowledge : an introduction to managing access to information / by Jennifer Rowley and John Farrow. - Aldershot : Gower, 2000. - ISBN 0-566-08047-8. - £25.

Organising knowledge : taxonomies, knowledge and organisational effectiveness / Patrick Lambe, - Oxford : Chandos, 2007. - 277p. - ISBN (paperback) :1-84334-227-8 39.95; ISBN (hardback) 1-84334-228-6, £57.00
Taxonomies are often thought to play a niche role within content-oriented knowledge management projects. They are thought to be 'nice to have' but not essential. In this groundbreaking book, Patrick Lambe shows how they play an integral role in helping organizations coordinate and communicate effectively. Through a series of case studies, he demonstrates the range of ways in which taxonomies can help organizations to leverage and articulate their knowledge. A step-by-step guide in the book to running a taxonomy project is full of practical advice for knowledge managers and business owners alike. - Publisher's catalogue page.

Author's description and contents list.

Practical information policies : how to manage information flow in organizations / Elizabeth Orna. - 2nd edition. - Aldershot : Gower, 1999. - 376p. - ISBN 0 566 07693 4.


Principles of good practice for information management / Bill Mayon-White and Bernard Dyer. - Version 2. - London : British Standards Institution, DISC, 1997. (PD0010). - £25.00.

Strategic information management : challenges and strategies in managing information systems / edited by R. D. Galliers and B. S. H. Baker. - Butterworth-Heinemann, [1995?].

Comprises 17 papers, some from the 1980s. Appears to focus on strategy for the use of computer systems in business rather than matters of principle in the organisation of information. - Review by Chris Robbins in Computing, 1st June 1995, p.41.

Technology and management in library and information services / F. W. Lancaster and Beth Sandore. - London : Library Association, 1997. - 320p. - ISBN 0 85604 222 7.

[Examines] not only the management of technology but [also] the potential of computer and related technologies to facilitate or improve management. - Publishers' brochure

Use your knowledge : CIOs need to focus on developing their skills in information management / Sharm Manwani. - Computing Business, 18 May 2006

An article about the importance of information management rather than just information technology. Discusses the setting up of the Information Management Profession (IMP) group in 2004, and contains two case studies, of Yell directory services and the Metropolitan Police Service.

The value and impact of information / edited by M. Feeney and M. Grieves. - London : Bowker Saur, 1994. - ISBN 1 85739 084 9.
A collection of papers based on a series of Information Policy Briefings organized by the British Library Research and Development Department.

The value of information to the intelligent organisation. - Hatfield : University of Hertfordshire Press, 1994. - ISBN 0 900458 54 2. - (Key issues in the information business, ISSN 1354-6570 ; vol.4)

Bates' Bibliography of Works

Bates' Bibliography of Works on Information Seeking, Indexing, and Information Retrieval System Design
Copyright � 2000 by Marcia J. Bates


This is the bibliography I work from in doing research and teaching. It is very idiosyncratic. No claim is made for universal coverage of any subject matter, or even coverage of best articles, in any particular area. The one thing the bibliography has going for it is that it is a living reflection of one person's research interests. Also:




The bibliography's classification scheme breaks every rule for the design of classifications-it's full of cross-classification and other flaws. It works for me, because I'm the only one who classifies with it.



In putting this bibliography up on the Web, a number of older articles were removed and archived; however, many older ones were included here as well. Since information science ideas are invented over and over again, I figure it might actually be useful to include some of these older ones for those who may be interested in tracing an idea back.



To some extent the bibliography reflects changes over time in my interests; in some subjects few recent article dates are found, in others there is a continuation or an increase in numbers of articles through time.



Contents are mostly journal articles and conference proceedings, though a few book and report references are to be found as well.

The classification categories used are first listed below, then the full bibliographic listings follow. Items are arranged by classification category, then author.





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Bates' Bibliography-Classification



00 General Information Science, Information Systems, Cybernetics



01 Information-Definitions and Theory

02 Library and Information Science--Definitions, Theory, Research Issues

03 Documentary Forms, Hypertext--Design, Analysis

04 Information Systems--Theoretical

05 Information Systems--Evaluation; Relevance

07 User-Centered Design of Information Systems

08 Cybernetics

09 Biological Information Processing

10 Communication and General Information Transfer

11 Communication and General Information Transfer

12 Information Technologies and Media, Media Effects, CMC, Network use

14 Economics of Information, Publishing, Electronic Publishing

15 Information Policy, FOI, �, etc.

16 Information Technology and Social Contexts

17 Scientific Communication (See also 79)

18 Scholarly Communication

19 Bibliometrics



20 Information Seeking Behavior

21 Information Seeking in General + Theory

22 Information Seeking--General Public, Children, Students

24 Information Seeking--Natural and Social Sciences

25 Information Seeking--Arts and Humanities

26 Information Seeking--Professions and Industry

28 Library and Information Service Use

29 Literacies



30 Organization of Information



31 Classification, Cataloging--Theory

32 Classification, Cataloging--Applied

33 Indexing, Thesauri, Abstracting

34 Metadata

35 Catalogs--Systems, Design, and Use; Library Portals

36 Non-textual Indexing, Access (Image, Audio, etc.)

37 Internet/Web/Digital Library Information Organization, including Hypertext

38 Collection Development & Management

39 Domain Analysis



40 Searching and Retrieval of Information



41 Reference and other Public Services; Reference Interviews

42 Search Strategy--Theory and Techniques

43 System Use and Search Evaluation

44 Bibliographic Instruction

45 Online Services and Databases + CDROM

46 Internet/Web Services, Databases, Digital Libraries



50 Systems and Organizations



51 Practical Info Systems and Services and Their Administration

52 Library Automation and Networks, Intranets

53 Communication Technologies as Technologies

54 Software Related to Information Transfer

55 Standards and Protocols

58 National and International Systems and Organizations



60 Miscellaneous



61 Professional Concerns and Library Education

62 History of Information Science, Libraries, and Librarianship

64 Research Methodology

69 Bibliographies and Reviews

70 Cognate Fields

71 Philosophy--including Philosophy of Mind

73 Linguistics--including Automated Language Processing, Semiotics

76 General Psychology and Cognitive Sciences

77 Social and Evolutionary Psychology

79 History, Philosophy and Sociology of Science (See also 17)

80 Humanities and other Social Sciences

81 Science News

83 Education and Educational Psychology

84 Sociology, Economics, Political Science, and Law

85 Anthropology, Archaeology, Mythology, and Religion

87 Literature

88 The Arts

89 Current Events and General Interest

90 Natural and Mathematical Sciences

91 Physics and Astronomy

92 Mathematics, Statistics, and Logic

93 Computer Science

94 Earth Sciences and Energy

95 Medicine

96 Biological Sciences

97 Ecology and Demography