Library and information science trends and research : Europe / edited by Amanda Spink, Jannica Heinström.

This volume provides an understanding of directions in library and information science/management, education and research in Europe.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction / Amanda Spink and Jannica Heinström -- The emergence and impact of neoliberal ideology on UK public library policy, 1997-2010 / Margaret Greene and David McMenemy -- EBLIP and organisational recipes : an analysis of the adoption and interpretation of EBLIP in the library and information sector / Carl Gustav Johannsen and Niels Ole Pors -- The "Europeanisation" of cataloguing codes : an analysis of the evolution of RDA / Alan Poulter -- Virtual path and Häme-Wiki as examples of library 2.0 services in Finland / Terttu Kortelainen [and others] -- The assessment of research quality in UK departments of library and information management / Peter Willett -- Research assessment and the shaping of library and information research in the United Kingdom / David Ellis -- Challenges for globalised inforamtion systems in a multilingual and multicultural context / Matthias Görtz [and others] -- The Bologna process impact on library and information science education : towards europeisation of the curriculum / Anna Maria Tammaro -- Education for digital librarias : some european observations / Sue Myburgh and Anna Maria Tammaro -- New directions in information management education in Denmark : on the importance of partnerships with the business community and the role of interdisciplinary theory to create a coherent frameork for information management / Dorte Madsen -- Information science in France : emergence, evolution and perspectives / Fidelia Ibekwe-SanJuan.