About the Social Science Libraries Section
Scope
Social Science Libraries are special libraries supporting research and practice in the broad domain of the Social Sciences. Thus the section includes for example big Business Libraries as well as small research institute libraries in the fields of linguistics or anthropology.
Following the extensional definition by H.P. Hogeweg-de Haart (FID,
1981), i.e. the UNESCO definition plus other disciplines the Social
Sciences include the following disciplines:
... anthropology, communication science, criminology, demography, economics, education, environmental planning, futurology, geography, history, labour science, law, library and information science, linguistics, management science, philosophy, political science, public administration, psychology, social policy, sociology, statistics, science of religion, science of science ...
Useful Addresses
- List of Standing Committee Members
Chair: Steve W. Witt Center for Global Studies, University of Illinois 302 East John, Suite 1705 CHAMPAIGN, IL 61820 MC-428 United States Tel. +(1)(217)2657518 Fax +(1)(217)2657519 E-mail: swwitt@uiuc.edu
Secretary/Treasurer: Jacques Hellemans Université Libre de Bruxelles 50, Avenue F.D. Roosevelt, CP 181 B-1050 BRUXELLES Belgium Tel. +(32)(2)6504417 Fax +(32)(2)6504198 E-mail: jhellema@ulb.ac.be
Information Coordinator/Editor of Newsletter: Ms Wilda B. Newman Knowledge Resources Associates, LLC 5964 Rosinante Run COLUMBIA, MD 21045 United States Tel. +(1)(410)7307583 Fax +(1)(410)7307583 (call before faxing) E-mail: wildanewman@yahoo.com
Last update: 4 August 2009