The World of Information and Library Science: INFORMATION RETRIEVAL: Major Paper

THE ASSIGNMENT
Professor's Instruction: Write a 20-30 page paper on any topic dealing with information retrieval. Use Terabian, Chicago, MLA or APA in writing and formatting your paper. As always include a bibliography with all resources that you used to write this paper, including background information that you may have needed in the beginning. You may include your bibliography in your page-count, but not the cover or any other preliminary pages that you add.

HOW I DID IT!!
Steps for this assignment:

1. Choosing the subject : used bibliographical reference for the course to decide on subject. My topic of choice for this assignment is Digital Libraries. Paper focus are related to the librarian's role in this new environment and online research tools.
Search query: Define Digital Library. What are the implications for library users and informational specialists?
Search terms used: Digital libraries -- Librarians -- Internet use -- Online research
Search terms suggested by the USF library system: Digital divide, Computer Science, Information Storage and Retrieval, Database Management, User Interface and Human Computer Interface, Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet), Libraries - Congresses, Digital libraries - Congresses

REFERENCE

Baeza-Yates & Ribeiro-Neto. (2011). Modern information retrieval: the concepts and technology behind search. 2^nd ed. Harlow, England; New York: Pearson.

Gulati, Puja, Anand, Sharma, & Jaideep, Ashraf Tariq. (2010). Developing sustainable digital libraries: sociotechnical perspectives.

Library of Congress & United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. (2014). World digital library. Retrieved from http://www.wdl.org/en/.

Lesk, M. (2005). Understanding digital libraries. 2^nd ed. Amsterdam: Elsevier

Papy, F. (2008). Digital libraries [electronic source]. London, UK: ISTE; Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.

Taylor, Arlen & Joudrey, Daniel N. (2009). The organization of information. 3^rd ed. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited.

Tedd, Lucy, & Large, Andrew. (2005). Digital libraries: principles and practices in global environment. Munich: K.G. Saur.

Theng, Yin-Leng, Foo, Schubert, Gon, Dion & Cheon Na, Jin. (2009). Handbook of research on digital libraries: design, development, and impact. Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference.

United States Census Bureau. (2014). Computer and internet trends in America. Retrieved from

https://www.census.gov/hhes/computer/files/2012/Computer_Use_Infographic_FINAL.p

HENRIETTE AVRAM & THE MARC FORMAT

Henriette Davidson Avram was born in New York on Oct 07th, 1919, and passed away on April 22^nd,2006. Henriette Avram, started her professional computer analyst careerat the National Security Agency. She continued growing on her profession at Datatrol Corporation – one of the first computer software firms in United States. In 1965, Henriette joined the Library of Congress staff team as a Systems Analyst. After Henriette D. Avram, the history of library automation, and the way librarians do cataloging were never the same. In the early eighties, Avram became the Director for Processing Systems, Network and Automation Planning at Library Congress. By 1983, she was managing over one thousand technical staff.

MARC record is a tool libraries use to perform cataloging of different printed and non-printed items or works (books, e-books, magazines, journals, 3D objects, audio-video items,...etc.). Cataloging can be descriptive, meaning physical description of an
item (title, author, location); and subjective which is related toclassification and subject headings issues. For descriptive cataloging information specialists use AACR2 – Anglo American Cataloging Rules, which it is being replaced by RDA – Resource Description and Access. RDA is just a revised version of AACR2, covering descriptive needs for digital, and online information resources. For subjective cataloging, information specialists most commonly use DDC – Dewey Decimal System,and LCSH - Library of Congress Subject Headings.

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