Karl Min Ku [] received his MLIS from the Graduate School of ominican University in Chicago, and taught bibliography, Chinese cataloguing, digital library management, media literacy and communications, and information science for more than 30 years in Fu-Jen University and Shih Hsin University, Taiwan. His illustrious career included appointments as the Director-General of the National Central Library of Taiwan (2008-2010) and he was the Parliamentary Librarian of the Legislative Yuan, Taiwan, for two decades. Karl Min Ku was featured in the Who's Who in the World 2012.
Publisher
Gale Asia
Volume
Copyright
2012
ISBN13
9789814363938
Release
Format
eBook
Grade Level
College Freshman - College Senior
DDC
TBD
Overview
Delves into the history and contemporary state of development of librarianship and bibliographic control, with a strong emphasis placed on the future of bibliographic management and research.
Features & Benefits
Sinification of Bibliography. Two chapters are devoted to the historical milestones and unique characteristics of bibliography and knowledge management in China, as compared to its Western counterparts. The Sinification of Western bibliography, cataloguing standards, and cataloguing formats is also touched upon briefly in the other chapters of the book.
Sinification of Bibliography. Two chapters are devoted to the historical milestones and unique characteristics of bibliography and knowledge management in China, as compared to its Western counterparts. The Sinification of Western bibliography, cataloguing standards, and cataloguing formats is also touched upon briefly in the other chapters of the book.
Bibliometrics and Scholarly Communication. Two chapters devoted to bibliometrics and scholarly communication and the contemporary issues facing academic libraries today.
Bibliometrics and Scholarly Communication. Two chapters devoted to bibliometrics and scholarly communication and the contemporary issues facing academic libraries today.
Names and Titles in Traditional Chinese. In the first few chapters, both the Traditional Chinese and Hanyu Pinyin names and publication titles are provided in the main text to allow readers to easily research these famous characters or texts.
Names and Titles in Traditional Chinese. In the first few chapters, both the Traditional Chinese and Hanyu Pinyin names and publication titles are provided in the main text to allow readers to easily research these famous characters or texts.
Glossary. Technical terms used in bibliography and cataloging are explained in the glossary.
Glossary. Technical terms used in bibliography and cataloging are explained in the glossary.
1. Foreword by Ellen R. Tise
2. Foreword by Ngian Lek Choh
3. Foreword by Paula Kaufman
4. Preface by Karl Min Ku
5. List of Figures
6. List of Tables
i. Introduction: Origins and Theory of Bibliography (by Karl Min, Ku)
ii. Knowledge Management in Early Bibliographies (by Ding-jong, Yan)
iii. Modern Cataloging and the Growth of the Library (by Ying-mei, Wu)
iv. Bibliographic Tools and Reference Services (by Yi-rong, Lee & Mei-jhen, Huang)
v. MARC and the Internationalization of Bibliographic Records (by Hsiao-ming, Yu & Yu-lin, Cheng)
vi. Automatic Indexing System and Scholarly Communication (by Bau-Mei, Cheng & Tsai-erh, Tseng)
vii. Bibliometrics and Knowledge Behavior Studies (by Chiao-min, Lin)
viii. Digital Knowledge Organization and Content Management (by Hung-te, Wang)
ix. Network Bibliographic Information and Knowledge Support Service (by Kun-hsien, Tseng)
x. Bibliography and Bibliographic Management of the Future (by Karl Min, Ku)
