Joseph Janes
Author of Introduction to Reference Work in the Digital Age
About the Author
Joseph Janes is associate professor at the University of Washington's Information School. A frequent speaker in the United States and abroad, he is the author of several books, including Library 2020, and has written a monthly column for American Libraries magazine since 2002. He is the creator and show more host of Documents That Changed the World, a popular podcast series on the cultural impacts of historic documents. He holds the M.L.S. and Ph.D. from Syracuse University and has taught at the University of Michigan, University of Toronto, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, State University of New York at Albany, Syracuse University, and University of Washington. show less
Works by Joseph Janes
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- Birthdate
- 1962
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Syracuse University (PhD|School of Information Studies)
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Documents That Changed the Way We Live by Joseph Janes
The author's tone and writing style are informative yet light and humorous; a good thing too otherwise a book about impactful historical documents could be dead boring.
This book was really easy to follow and digest because it read like a conversation, or rather like a lecture from the cool and smart professor whose class everyone wants to join. I love that the ideas are completely practical and logical, yet they are still quite bold. It seems like the type of book that I would want to read for fun once I'm fully in the library field.
The cool thing about this book is that it was written by two leading information architects -- people who know how to think structurally and analytically about content.
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- 3.3
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