International Encyclopedia of Information and Library Science.pdf

International Encyclopedia

of Information and

Library Science

International Encyclopedia

of Information and

Library Science

Second edition

Edited by John Feather and Paul Sturges

First published 1997

Second edition published 2003

by Routledge

11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE

Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada

by Routledge

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Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group

This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2004.

1997, 2003 Routledge

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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

International encyclopdia of information and library science/edited by

John Feather and Paul Sturges. – 2nd ed.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Information science–Encyclopedias. 2. Library science–Encyclopedias.

I. Feather, John. II. Sturges, R. P. (Rodney Paul)

Z1006 .I57 2003

004 0 .03–dc21

2002032699

ISBN 0-203-40330-4 Master e-book ISBN

ISBN 0-203-40984-1 (Adobe eReader Format)

(Print Edition)

ISBN0–415–25901–0