Reading lists, yay!
Yes, I know, I'm a complete dork. But my school sent me an email with all this fun induction information, including a recommended "Background Reading List."
- Any of the following items will provide useful background reading. We recommend that you read two or three of them before joining the programme.
Black, Alistair, 2000. The public library in Britain, 1914-2000. London: British Library. ISBN 0712346856
Borgman, Christine, 2000. From Gutenberg to the global information infrastructure: access to information in the networked world. MIT Press. ISBN 026202473X
Charlton, Janet & Rosalind Johnson, 2001. National information policy. London : Library Information Technology Centre. Library & information briefings; 103.
Dimbleby, Richard & Graeme Burton, 1998. More than words : an introduction to communication. 3rd ed. London: Routledge. ISBN 0415170060
Feather, J., 2004. The information society : a study of continuity and change. London: Facet. ISBN 1856044971
Feather, J. & Paul Sturges, 2002. International encyclopedia of information and library science. New York ; London: Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0415259010
Hauptman, Robert, 2002. Ethics and librarianship. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland. ISBN 0786413069
Orna, Elizabeth , 2004. Information strategy in practice. Aldershot: Gower. ISBN 0566085798.
Raish, M.H., ed., 2003. Musings, meanderings, and monsters too: essays on academic librarianship. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0810847671.
Tee-hee, "programme." I realize some of these titles look dead boring, and I don't know how many I'll be able to find around here. Let's hope I don't run across the International encyclopedia of information and library science, because that thing scares me.
Number 4 makes me think of the hideous song that people play incessantly on the guitar in college living rooms. All I have to hear is that opening "Strum, smack, strum-smack, struuuum . . . " and it sends me straight to the kitchen to jam a fork into my ear. Same thing for "Dust in the Wind." My agony is made complete when people start singing along, in groups, with their eyes closed.
I'm Steph, a librarian and mom of 3 (not sure how that happened). Let's chat books, food, Sumptuous Literary Adaptations, poop, knitting and maybe some crazy Mormon Feminism.
6 comments:
If you find a copy of From Gutenberg to the global information infrastructure: access to information in the networked world can I borrow it before you leave?
That whole list looks so fascinating, it will be difficult to choose what to read first.
Makes me (sort of) grateful I'll be spending the next year coloring Precious Moments pictures for Sharing Time activities.
Yeah, I found that one. Trust MIT Press to make that one all easy to find.
And no, you can't borrow it, because I detected a tone.
Tone? What tone? Oh, you mean the tone where I am sounding totally sincere and supportive? That tone?
I totally understand your excitement, in fact I am truly jealous. I did get some info on the 4 days of orientation I am expected to go to as well as my tentative class schedule.
While daltongirl is borrowing From Gutenburg to the Global Information Infrastructure: Access to Information in the Networked World, can I borrow Ethics and Librarianship please? Nothing really makes me more angry than unethical librarians. Actually, Muslim-hating librarians make me more angry, but only marginally.
And can I please borrow your copy of Bridget Jones Diary 'cause I'm not reading New Grammar of Modern Spanish until I'm a full-on grad student.
PS--Have some Thai for me before you go. m'kay?
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