Information service
An information service is a product or a process made by an information system, a library, an "information broker" etc. for users.
Examples are: Abstracting,
Document delivery;
Documentation;
Reference work and
SDI.
Literature:
Buckland, M. K. (1988). Library Services in Theory and Context. 2. ed. New York: Pergamon.
Cloutier, C. (2005). Setting up a fee-based information service in an academic library. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 31(4), 332-335.
Crawford, J. (2006). The use of electronic information services and information literacy: A Glasgow Caledonian University study. JOURNAL OF LIBRARIANSHIP AND INFORMATION SCIENCE, 38(1), 33-44.
Doney. L. (2006). Evaluating the impact
of a project promoting library and information services to primary care in
Nottingham, UK. HEALTH INFORMATION AND LIBRARIES JOURNAL, 23(1), 64-68.
Hjortgaard Christensen, F. (1976). Anmeldelse af Universitetsbibliotekets 2. afdeling, Projektgruppen for Publikumsafdelingen: Afsluttende rapport. Bogens Verden, no. 3.
Jacobs, N. A. & Huxley, L. (Eds.). (2004). Online information services in the social sciences. Oxford : Chandos.
Marcus, A. C.; Heimendinger, J.; Berman, E.; Strecher, V.; Bright, M. A.; Allen, A. R.; Davis, S. W.; Julesberg, K.; Mowad, L. Z.; Nguyen, L. H.; Perocchia, R. & Thomsen, C. (2005). A case study in dissemination: Lessons learned from a pilot study involving the National Cancer Institute's Cancer Information Service. Journal of Health Communication, 10(1), 219-233.
McClure, C. R. (2004). Challenges and
strategies for evaluating networked information services: Introduction.
LIBRARY QUARTERLY, 74(4), 399-402.
Taylor, R. S. (1986). Value added processes in information systems. Ablex.
Universitetsbibliotekets 2. afdeling, Projektgruppen for Publikumsafdelingen.
(1975). Afsluttende rapport. København: Universitetsbibliotekets 2.
afdeling.
Birger Hjørland
Last edited: 30-04-2006