ISBN:
9783447102032
Language:
German
Pages:
Online-Ressource (373 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Libraries and the Information Society in Germany : An Introduction
DDC:
020/.3
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Libraries and the Information Society in Germany presents, for the first time, the contemporary German library system not from a library insider's view, but rather from a comprehensively societal perspective. The roles and functions of libraries are analyzed and assessed from this vantage point. The authors - both researchers and practitioners - identify historical developments, describe current trends taking into account sociostructural contexts, and outline options for action. The changes that libraries and library science can embrace and have already embraced in part include, in addition to
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; List of Tables; List of Maps; Foreword; Introduction; 1 Library and Information; 1.1 Concepts; 1.1.1 Information and Knowledge; 1 The information process; 2 Information and knowledge (library and information science definition; 1.1.2 Library; 3 Collections and functionality of the library; 1.1.3 The Library as Opposed to Related Institutions; 4 The library compared to related institutions; 1.2 Historical and Sociological Evolution; 1.2.1 Writing; 1.2.2 Mobile Storage Media; 1.2.3 Printing (Reproduction by Printing with Movable Type; 5 Social subsystems and associated library types
Description / Table of Contents:
6 Level of societal evolution7 Additional solutions needed in the information sector of the information society; 1.3 Outlook; 8 Techniques and institutions of information management throughout history; 2 Structural and Technical Developments in Librarianship; 2.1 Structural Developments: from the Isolated Individual Library to a Functionally Differentiated Library System; 9 Stages of system development; 2.1.1 The Isolated Single Library; 2.1.2 The Segmented Differentiated Library System in Europe; 2.1.3 The Stratified Library System
Description / Table of Contents:
10 Stages in the development from erratic single library to functionally differentiated library system2.1.4 The Functionally Differentiated Library System in Germany; 11 Functionally differentiated library structure (based on Althoff's reforms; 2.2 Technical Development; 2.2.1 Automation; 2.2.2 Digitization; 2.2.3 Virtualization; 12 Computer-based developments in libraries; 2.3 Outlook; 3 Libraries in Germany; 3.1 Supporters of Library Facilities; 3.1.1 State and Administration; 3.1.2 The Churches; 3.1.3 The Private Sector; 3.2 Library Funding
Description / Table of Contents:
3.3 The Different Types of Libraries (Library Typology13 Ambiguity of library names; 14 Library typology by need and coverage area per "Libraries '73" and "Libraries '93; 3.3.1 National Library and National Library Roles; 1 Libraries and other library related institutions of national importance; 15 The German National Bibliography; 3.3.2 State Libraries and Other Regional Libraries; 2 State libraries and other regional libraries; 3.3.3 Libraries of Universities and Other Higher Education Institutions; 16 Number of universities in Germany (2013; 3 University libraries
Description / Table of Contents:
17 University libraries in numbers (averages for 2012 on the basis of the German Library Statistics3.3.4 Special and Subject Libraries, Research Libraries; 3.3.5 Municipal Public Libraries and State Library Agencies (Bibliotheksfachstellen) (Library Agencies, Information Centers, Consortial Offices; 4 State library agencies (Bibliotheksfachstellen) and consortial offices with their coverage areas/items borrowed by public libraries; 3.3.6 Ecclesiastical Public Libraries and Church Library Agencies (Kirchliche Fachstellen; 3.3.7 Special Forms of Public Libraries
Description / Table of Contents:
3.4 The Legal Status of Libraries
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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