ALA Glossary of Library and Information Science (4th edition)

This new edition of the ALA Glossary of Library and Information Science comes nearly 30 years after the third edition of the early 1980s. Even though editors Levine-Clark and Carter are academic librarians, their collective professional experience and publication history in many areas of librarianship qualify them to tackle this glossary written for a discipline that has such disparate philosophies and identities. This is a much-needed modernization of an essential reference tool. The terms chosen reflect the philosophical shift in defining service, collection development and information literacy, to name a few. Having two academic librarians as editors could potentially sway...