School of Information Management & Systems. Spring 2000.
285 Design of Library Services. Michael Buckland.

Readings   See also Schedule.

Textbooks
Buckland, M.   Library Services in Theory and Context. 2nd ed. Pergamon Press, 1988. This book is assigned to provide a general conceptual framework. It is out of print and so not available in bookstores. The entire text is available on the Library's website:
http://sunsite.Berkeley.edu/Literature/Library/Services/
Chapters 1-6, 8-14, 16, 19 & 20 are little changed from the 1st edition, 1983.

Rubin, Richard. Foundations of Library and Information Science. 1999. GRADUATE SERVICES RESERVE MAIN Z665.2.U6.R83. A rather discoursive account of contemporary library issues with some emphasis on policy issues. Examine by March 10.

Other Readings
Buckland, M. Redesigning Library Services: A Manifesto.   (American Library Association, 1992.) available online at
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Literature/Library/Redesigning/html.html

Buckland, M.   Information and Information Systems Prager, 1991) is a development and expansion of Library Services in Theory and Context. It is less focused in on library services but can be used for as a substitute for chapters 4-6, 8-15 & 17.

Gorman, Michael. Our Singular Strength: Meditations for Librarians. American Library Association, 1998. MOFF RESERVE Z665.2.U6G67 1998.

Willison, Ian. "The national Library in historical perspective." Libraries and Culture 24 (1989):75-95. Reprinted in National Libraries 3, ed by Maurice B. Line & Joyce Line. Aslib: 1995, pp 3-17. Read by Feb 18.

Van House, Nancy & Stuart Sutton. The Panda Syndrome: An Ecology of LIS Education. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science 37(2): 131-147, 1996.

More to be added.