Deane Barker writes “I am contemplating a Masters in LIS. I really want a Masters in Content Management (as discussed here), but an LIS degree seems to be the closest thing to it.
However, I’m wondering about my level of interest and/or passion for LIS. What I’d like is for the community to recommend two or three of the seminal books in the LIS field, so that I can read them and see if any of it “trips my trigger,” so to speak.
So, what books can the community recommend that pass the following test: ‘If you love this book, then an LIS degree is just what you’re looking for.’? Put another way, if you had to represent an LIS degree in a single book, which one would it be?”
a few
“Social Life of Information” Brown and Daguid
“The Age of the Smart Machines” Zuboff
Not a complere list…….
http://members.cox.net/bibliofuture/library.htm
Re:a few
“The Social Life of Information” is encouraging. Read it, loved it, reviewed it here:
http://www.gadgetopia.com/post/19
LIS is a book?
Try Peter Morville’s *Ambient Findability*. It gets to the nub of all librarianship: organizing and finding materials.
Re:LIS is a book?
And has the virtue of being mostly unreadable and yet subtly obvious and vague.
Shorter: Liked his first book, hated the second.
LIS Readings
I’d suggest Seymour Lubetzky : writings on the classical art of cataloging / compiled and edited by Elaine Svenonius, Dorothy McGarry. Then something by Sandy Berman. One covers the intellectual foundation of our profession, the other the social aspects. If these works are a joy to read and consider, even if you disagree, you should pursue and LIS degree.
Re:LIS is a book?
And I have a copy for sale on amazon!