Note: Not all items in the Bibliography are required readings. For each topic, required readings will be selected from the Bibliography as listed in the Schedule; however, additional readings may be selected during the semester. Thus, this should be considered a general and historic bibliography that may be useful not only for this course but also, among others, for preparation for the qualifying exam.

Organization: Bibliography is organized by topics as listed and described in more detail in the section Outline of Topics in course syllabus.

Finding full text for items in the bibliography: journal articles can be obtained from Rutgers University Library (RUL) collection of electronic and print journals; all other items are either on RUL class reserve for the course or a URL is given.

How to survive graduate school? Some advice ...

des Jardins, Marie, How to Succeed in Graduate School: A Guide for Students and Advisors. Part I of II. Retrieved Aug. 22, 2005 from
http://info.acm.org/crossroads/xrds1-2/advice1.html

des Jardins, Marie, How to Succeed in Graduate School: A Guide for Students and Advisors. Part II of II. Retrieved Aug. 22, 2005 from
http://info.acm.org/crossroads/xrds1-3/advice2.html

Buckland, M, & Liu, Z. (1998). History of information science. Retrieved Aug. 13,2005 from http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/~buckland/histis98.pdf.

Bush, V. (1945). As We May Think. Atlantic Monthly, 176, (11), 101-108. Retrived Aug. 22, 2005 from: http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/flashbks/computer/bushf.htm

Hjorland B (2000). Library and information science: practice, theory, and philosophical basis. Information Processing and Management, 36(3), 501-531.

Rayward, W.B. (1996). The History and Historiography of Information Science; Some Reflections. Information Processing & Management, 32 (1), 3-17.

Rayward, W.B. (2004). When and why is a pioneer: history and heritage in library and information science. Library Trends, 52(4), 671-682.

Vakkari, P. (1994). Library and information science: its content and scope. In Advances in librarianship, 18, (pp. 1-55).

Shera, J. & Cleveland, D. B. (1977). History and foundations of information science. In M. E. Williams (Ed). Annual review of information science and technology: volume 12 (pp.249-275). White Plains, NY: Knowledge Industry Publications, Inc.

Basic phenomena

Buckland, M. (1991). Information and Information Systems. New York: Preaeger, Chapters 1,4, 5, & 6.

Belkin, N. J. (1978). Information concepts for information science. Journal of Documentation, 34(1): 55-85.

Belew, R. K. (2000) Finding Out About: A Cognitive Perspective on Search Engine Technology and the WWW. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Univ. Press.
Available on G. Muresan web site: http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~muresan/614_IR/Resources/OnlineBooks/Belew_FOA/contents.htm

Belkin, N. J. (1978). Information concepts for information science. Journal of Documentation, 34(1): 55-85.

Brookes, B. C. (1980-81). The foundations of information science. Part I. Philosophical aspects. Journal of Information Science, 2, 125-133.

Brookes, B. C. (1980-81). The foundations of information science. Part IV. Information science: the changing paradigm. Journal of Information Science, 3, 3-12

Structure - information science

Hawkins, D. T. (2001). Information science abstracts: Tracking the literature of information science. Part 1: Definition and map. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 52 (1), 44-53.

Pettigrew, K.E. & McKechnie, L. (2001). The Use of Theory in Information Science Research. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 52 (1), 62-73.

Saracevic, T. (1999). Information Science. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 50 (9) 1051-1063

Shera, J. H. (1970). Sociological Foundations of Librarianship. Washington, D.C.: ASIS Publishing, 52-110. [On reserve]

Shera, Jesse. (1972). The Foundations of Education for Librarianship. Wiley, 81-108.

Webber, S. (2003). Information Science in 2003: A Critique. Journal of Information Science, 29 (4), 311-330. [On reserve]

White, H. D., & McCain, K. W. (1998). Visualizing a discipline: an author co-citation analysis of information science, 1972-1995. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 49(4), 327-355.

Paradigms

Belkin, N. J. (1990). The cognitive viewpoint in information science. Journal of Information Science, 16, 11-15.

Dervin, B., & Nilan, M. (1986). Information needs and uses. Annual Review of Information Science and Technology, 21, 3-33.

Ellis, D. (1992). The physical and cognitive paradigms in information retrieval research. Journal of Documentation, 48, 45-64.

Frohmann, B. (1992). The power of images: a discourse analysis of the cognitive viewpoint. Journal of Documentation, 48(4), 365-386.

Hjorland, B. & Albrechtsen, H. (1995). Toward a new horizon in information science: domain analysis. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 46, 400-425.

Jocob, E. K. & Shaw, D. (1998). Sociocognitive perspectives on representation. Annual Review of Informaiton Science and Technology, 33, 131-185.

Information retrieval

Muresan, G. and Harper, D.J. (2004). Topic Modelling for Mediated Access to Very Large Document Collections, Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 55 (10),892 - 910. Special Topics Issue: Document Search Interface Design for Large-Scale Collections and Intelligent Access. Also: Retrieved Nov. 12, 2005 from http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~muresan/Publications/jasistMuresan2004.pdf

Information seeking and behavior

Johnson, J. D. (2003). On contexts of information seeking. Information Processing and Management, 39, 735-760.

Savolainen, R. (1995). Everyday life information seeking: Approaching information seeking in the context of "Way of life". Library and Information Science Research, 17, 259-294.

Wilson, T. D. (1999). Models in information behaviour research. Journal of Documentation, 55(4), 249-270.

Structure and reserach - librarianship

Dalbello. M.A. (2005) Phenomenological Study of an Emergent National Digital Library, Part II: The Narratives of Development. Library Quarterly, 75 (4) [On class site]

Harris, M. H. & Itoga, M. (1991). Becoming critical: for a theory of purpose and necessity in American librarianship. In C. R. McClure & P. Hernon, Library and information science research: perspectives and strategies for improvement (pp. 347-157). Norwood, NJ: Ablex.

Herold, K. R. (2001). Librarianship and the Philosophy of Information. Library Philosophy and Practice, 3(2). Retrieved Aug. 13, from http://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/~mbolin/herold.html.

Radford, M. L. (in print). Interpersonal Communication in Chat Reference: Encounters with Rude and Impatient Users. 6th Annual Digital Reference Conference
November 8-9, 2005. [On class site]

Ranganathan, S. R. (1957). The five laws of library science. London: Blunt and Sons, Ltd.

Shera, J. H. (1970). Sociological Foundations of Librarianship. Washington, D.C.: ASIS Publishing, 52-110. [On reserve]

Shera, Jesse. (1972). The Foundations of Education for Librarianship. Wiley, 81-108.