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Library Science

Library science (often termed library studies or library and information science) is an interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary field that applies the practices, perspectives, and tools of management, information technology, education, and other areas to libraries; the collection, organization, preservation, and dissemination of information resources; and the political economy of information.

Most Read This Week Tagged "Library Science"

Cher connard
Brat
That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America
The Last Sane Woman
Honey, Baby, Mine: A Mother and Daughter Talk Life, Death, Love (and Banana Pudding)
Index, A History of the: A Bookish Adventure from Medieval Manuscripts to the Digital Age
The Wickedest
Overdue: Reckoning with the Public Library
The Declassification Engine: What History Reveals About America's Top Secrets
Don't Call Me Home: A Memoir
The Library: A Fragile History
Knowledge Justice: Disrupting Library and Information Studies through Critical Race Theory
Along Came Google: A History of Library Digitization
We the Dead: Preserving Data at the End of the World
Book Wars: The Digital Revolution in Publishing
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Library Science Books

Foundations of Library and Information Science
This Book Is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All
The Organization of Information (Library and Information Science Text Series)
Reference and Information Services in the 21st Century : An Introduction
Cataloging and Classification: An Introduction
Library: An Unquiet History
Reference and Information Services: An Introduction (Library & Information Science Text)
Library and Information Center Management
Fundamentals of Collection Development and Management
Developing Library and Information Center Collections
The Library Book
From Cover to Cover: Evaluating and Reviewing Children's Books
Librarian's Guide to Online Searching
I Work at a Public Library: A Collection of Crazy Stories from the Stacks
Management Basics for Information Professionals
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Lists

The Archive and the Repertoire by Diana TaylorAlong the Archival Grain by Ann Laura StolerThe Joy of Cataloging by Sanford BermanPrejudices and Antipathies by Sanford BermanThe Archival Turn in Feminism by Kate Eichhorn
On Archiving, Cataloging, and Information Science
18 books — 2 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Giver by Lois LowryA Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le GuinJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Teen Books Recommendations for Jeane's Teen Materials Class!
110 books — 20 voters


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Quotes Tagged “Library Science”

“ What is the value of libraries? Through lifelong learning, libraries can and do change lives, a point that cannot be overstated. ”
― Michael Gorman, Our Enduring Values: Librarianship in the 21st Century
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“ Since at least the Sixth Century all librarians have received extensive combat training and are lethal with even the common toothpick. ”
― James Turner, Rex Libris, Volume I: I, Librarian
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Groups Tagged "Library Science"

A place for us to suggest and discuss books we feel are important to the Information Professions…more
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Silent World — A discussion group A place to discuss all the unique aspects of Deaf culture as highlighted in the thriller Silent …more
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MPL Staff Reading Group A different version of a reading group started a million years ago. What we're reading, book dis…more
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The Outer Ring Our title is a playful nod to C.S. Lewis’s 1944 lecture, "The Inner Ring." In it, Lewis warns ag…more
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