UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON
Department of Information Studies
MA/Postgraduate Diploma in Library & Information Studies
PRELIMINARY READING LIST 2009
Further guidance, including recommended reading for optional courses, will be provided when
the course starts.
* Please note that we can obtain books from Facet Publishing at a discount; further
information about this will be given when the course starts.
General
Gorman, Michael. The enduring library: technology, tradition and the quest for balance.
Chicago; London: American Library Association, 2003
Totterdell, Anne. An introduction to library and information work, with contributions from Jane
Gill and Alan Hornsey. London: Facet, 2005
Cataloguing and classification
Anglo-American cataloguing rules. 2nd ed., 2002 revision, 2005 update / prepared under the
direction of the Joint Steering Committee for the Revision of AACR, a committee of the
American Library Association, the Australian Committee on Cataloguing, the British
Library, the Canadian Committee on Cataloguing, the Library Association, the Library of
Congress. London: CILIP, 2005
* Because we are in a transitional stage between AACR2 and the new cataloguing code,
RDA (Resource description and access), students are no longer required to buy AACR2. It
will continue to be used in teaching until the new code is published.
Bowman, J. H. Essential cataloguing. London: Facet, 2003
Broughton, Vanda. Essential classification. London: Facet, 2004
Foskett, A. C. The subject approach to information. 5th ed. London: Library Association, 1996
Marcella, Rita and Newton, Robert. A new manual of classification. Aldershot: Gower, 1994
Marcella, Rita and Maltby, Arthur (ed.). The future of classification. Aldershot: Gower, 2000
Oddy, Pat. Future libraries, future catalogues. London: Library Association, 1996
Rowley, Jennifer and Farrow, John. Organizing knowledge: an introduction to managing
access to information. 3rd ed. Aldershot: Gower, 2000
Collection management
Clayton, Peter and Gorman, G. E. Managing information resources in libraries: collection
management in theory and practice. London: Library Association, 2001
Evans, G. Edward and Saponaro, Margaret Zarnosky. Developing library and information
center collections. 5th ed. Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited, 2005
Jenkins, Clare and Morley, Mary. Collection management in academic libraries. 2nd ed.
Aldershot: Ashgate, 1999
Information sources and retrieval
Chowdhury, G. G. and Chowdhury, Sudatta. Information sources and searching on the world
wide web. London: Library Association Publishing, 2001
Duckett, Bob, Walker, Peter and Donnelly, Christinea. Know it all, find it fast. 3rd ed. London:
Facet, 2008
Gash, Sarah. Effective literature searching for research. Aldershot: Gower, 2000
Grogan, Denis. Practical reference work. 2nd ed. London: Library Association Publishing,
1992
Mann, Thomas. Library research models: a guide to classification, cataloging and computers.
New York; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993
Owen, Tim Buckley. Success at the enquiry desk. 5th ed. London: Facet, 2006
Management
Allan, Barbara. Project management: tools and techniques for today’s ILS professional.
London: Facet, 2004
Armstrong, Chris and Bebbington, Laurence W. (eds.). Staying legal: a guide to issues and
practice affecting the library, information and publishing sectors. 2nd ed. London: Facet, 2004
Bryson, Jo. Effective library and information centre management. 2nd ed. Aldershot: Gower,
1999
Cornish, Graham. Copyright: interpreting the law for libraries, archives and information
services. 4th ed. London: Facet, 2004
Corrall, Sheila. Strategic planning for library and information services. London: Aslib, 1994
Peel, Malcolm. Introduction to management:a guide for better business performance. London:
Pitman in association with the Institute of Management, 1993
Ross, Catherine and Dewdney, Patricia. Communicating professionally. 2nd ed. London:
Library Association Publishing, 1998
Principles of computing and information technology
Brophy, Peter. The library in the twenty-first century. 2nd rev.ed. London: Facet, 2007
Dawson, Andy. The Internet for library and information service professionals. 2nd ed.
London: Aslib, 1997
Deegan, Marilyn and Tanner, Simon. Digital futures: strategies for the information age.
London: Library Association, 2002
Griffiths, Peter. Managing your internet and intranet services: the information professional’s
guide to strategy. 2nd rev.ed. London: Facet, 2004
Large, A., Tedd, Lucy A. and Hartley, R. J. Information seeking in the online age. London:
Library Association, 1998
Roberts, Sue and Rowley, Jennifer. Managing information services. London: Facet, 2004
Shuman, Bruce A. Issues for libraries and information science in the Internet age.
Englewood: Libraries Unlimited, 2001