This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations.

"The Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science provides an outstanding resource in 33 published volumes with 2 helpful indexes.

The emphasis in this compilation is to provide genealogists, historians, and students of immigration with a useful guide to widely scattered and little-known material.