...Fredrick Kiwuwa Lugya Purpose – The convergence of librarianship and information science to form library and information science (LIS) is seen as a recent phenomenon, with the term “information science” originally focused on the application of computers to library operations and services. LIS...

...Mervyn Levin Edited by William H.   Dutton and Paul W.   Jeffreys . World Wide Research: Reshaping the Sciences and Humanities . Cambridge, MA : MIT Press   2010 . 424 pp.   £24.95/$33.00 , ISBN: 978‐0‐262‐51373‐9 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011...

...Stuart Hannabuss Andrew   Robinson . The Story of Measurement . London : Thames and Hudson   2007 . 224 pp. , ISBN: 978‐0‐500‐51367‐5 hardback   £19.95 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 --> Measurement Science Technology Encyclopedias Length, area...

...Martin Guha Edited by Geoffrey C.   Bowker . Memory Practices in the Sciences . Cambridge, MA and London : The MIT Press   2005 . 261 pp. , ISBN: ISBN 0‐262‐02589‐2   hardback “Inside Technology” series £22.95 and US$34.95 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007...

...Peter Limb Edited by H. Bruce et al. . Emerging Frameworks and Methods: Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Conceptions of Library and Information Science (CoLIS4), Seattle, Washington. 21‐25 July 2002 . Greenwood Village, CO : Libraries Unlimited   2002...

...Fan Ka Wai The study of the history of Chinese science has attracted further attention over the past 50 years, with an increasing number of scholars, influenced by Joseph Needham and his project “Science and Civilization in China”, developing ideas in this field. There are a range of Web sites...

... Foundation of Information Organization . Cambridge, MA : MIT   2002 . xvii+255 pp. , ISBN: 0 262 19433 3 (hardback)   $40 Information systems Science Theory This is a significant work that anyone involved in the design of systems for organising information, or the academic study...

...Sarah Gash Janice   Matthews , John M   Bowen and Robert   Matthews . Successful Scientific Writing: A Step‐By‐Step Guide for the Biological and Medical Science (2nd edition) . Cambridge : Cambridge University Press   2000 . 235 pp. , ISBN: 0 521 78962 1   £15.95...

.... Electronic journals are now available via the Internet and may or may not be paralleled by the equivalent printed format. © MCB UP Limited 2000 Electronic pulishing Science Strategic planning Europe “Electronic publishing” is a term that is used to cover a very wide range of different...

...Debal C. Kar; Partha Bhattacharya The policy framework for scientific and technical information in India is outlined, and the development and activities discussed of the National Information System in Science and Technology and its specialist information analysis and data centres. Other specialist...

...P. Bhattacharya; Debal C. Kar Describes abstracting and indexing services for science and technology produced in India. Analyses the services with respect to such aspects as frequency, nature of publications covered, chronological development, and subject coverage. Concludes that most...