"IGI Launches Advances in Library Information Science Newsletter"
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IGI Publishing launched the inaugural issue of the Advances in Library Information Science (ALIS) Newsletter today. The newsletter provides a value-added tool that gives a pre-publication, no-strings-attached glimpse into the library and information science content. The Editor-in-Chief for the IGI ALIS series is Mirela Roncevic, formerly with Library Journal.
In the first newsletter, the forthcoming title edited by Sue Polanka, E-Reference Context and Discoverability in Libraries: Issues and Concepts, is highlighted offering eight essays. The full book, to be released in the fall of 2011, boasts over 20 unique chapters on the issues and concepts surrounding reference content, written by thirty-one contributors representing academic, public, and school libraries, publishers, library school professors, and other information industry professionals.
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Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.