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Unit 10: Directories




          In recent year’s community web based services offer a reverse telephone directory of known  Notes
          telemarketers, debt collectors, fund raisers, and other solicitors which contact consumers by
          telephone. Users of these services can perform a search of the telephone number which showed
          up on their caller ID and read through user comments to find the identity of the calling company
          or individual.
          There are several websites available which provide results such as the owner information,
          address and even the providing carrier of a landline number. Many of these websites charge a
          fee for this service.



             Did u know? In the United Kingdom proper, reverse directory information is not publicly
             available. However, in the Channel Islands it is provided in the printed telephone
             directories.
          Although the information is, of necessity, available to emergency services, for other agencies it
          is treated as ‘communication data’ in the RIPA regime and subject to the same controls as
          requests for lists of and content of calls.




              Task  Differentiate between the telephone directories and reverse telephone directories.

          Self Assessment

          Fill in the blanks:
          10.  A .................................... directory is sorted by number, which can be looked up to give the
               name and address of the subscriber.
          11.  Reverse telephone directories are used by ....................................... and other emergency
               services in order to determine the origin of any request for assistance.
          10.5 Publishing Directories


          As repositories of books and other materials, libraries are closely connected to the publishing
          industry. Both librarians and library users are interested in information about publishing and
          publishers. It is not surprising that questions about contacting and locating publishers would be
          common in the reference setting. Questions such as the following can be answered by having
          directories of publishers in the reference collection:

               What is the address of Yale University Press?
               Who publishes science hooks for children?
          A good example of a comprehensive directory of publishers in the United States and Canada is
          the Literary Market Place. In its print form, in two volumes, Literary Market Place is an annual
          publication with more than 12,000 entries for various entities in the publishing industry. Volume
          I is the basic industry directory with information on publishers, literary agents, editorial
          providers, industry associations, and trade publications. Volume 2 is a directory of supporting
          services that includes entries for marketers, advertisers, promoters, and suppliers. The entries
          contain name, address, telephone number, fax number, e-mail address, and the site URI; key
          personnel; affiliated of files; and a brief descriptive annotation. Yellow page indexing coverage
          is provided for companies, personnel, sections and advertisers at the end of both volumes.





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