ARIST, published annually since 1966, is a landmark publication within the information science community. It surveys the landscape of information science and technology, providing an analytical, authoritative, and accessible overview of recent trends and significant developments. The range of topics varies considerably, reflecting the dynamism of the discipline and the diversity of theoretical and applied perspectives. While ARIST continues to cover key topics associated with "classical" information science (e.g., bibliometrics, information retrieval), editor Blaise Cronin is selectively expanding its footprint in an effort to connect information science more tightly with cognate academic and professional communities.

Contents of Volume 39: SECTION I: Information Retrieval

Chapter 1: Statistical Language Modeling for Information Retrieval, Xiaoyong Liu and W. Bruce Croft

Chapter 2: Information Retrieval on the Web, Kiduk Yang

Chapter 3: Webometrics, Mike Thelwall, Liwen Vaughan, and Lennart Björneborn

SECTION II: Technology and Systems

Chapter 4: Information Visualization, Bin Zhu and Hsinchun Chen

Chapter 5: Bioinformatics, Gerald Benoît

Chapter 6: Electronic Records Management, Anne Gilliland-Swetland

SECTION III: Social Informatics

Chapter 7: Interface Design and Culture, Ewa Callahan

Chapter 8: The Social Worlds of the Web, Caroline Haythornthwaite and Christine Hagar

Chapter 9: Children, Teenagers, and the Web, Andrew Large

SECTION IV: National Intelligence

Chapter 10: Intelligence, Terrorism, and National Security, Blaise Cronin

Chapter 11: Domestic Security Surveillance and Civil Liberties, Lee S. Strickland with David A. Baldwin and Marlene Justsen

SECTION V: Theory Chapter 12: Managing Social Capital, Elisabeth Davenport and Herbert W. Snyder

Chapter 13: Labor in Information Systems, Julian Warner

Chapter 14: Poststructuralism and Information Studies, Ronald E. Day

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