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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"

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

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
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


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Quotes Tagged “Library Science”

S.E. Harmon
“ In my card catalogue, the Dewey Decimal System had placed him firmly under Ancient History. ”
― S.E. Harmon, Stay with Me
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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"

DOCAM Book Club Book club for the Document Academy, an interdisciplinary and international group that explores i…more
9 members, last active 9 years ago
A place for us to suggest and discuss books we feel are important to the Information Professions…more
5 members, last active 4 years ago
Underground Knowledge — A discussion group This global discussion group has been designed to encourage debates about important and underrep…more
24,941 members, last active a minute ago
UNO Library Science Book Club Building a connected community of readers from the next generation of 21st century library scien…more
24 members, last active 5 years ago