Library & information science

Library & information science

A multidisciplinary field that focuses on the practices, tools of management, information technology, education, and other perspectives to libraries; the collection, organization, preservation, and dissemination of information resources; and the political economy of information.

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dissertation

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A thesis or treatise prepared as a condition for the award of a degree or diploma.

publication

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A book, periodical, musical score, etc. That has been "brought before the public"; in other words, a work that has been printed and distributed.

trade journal

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A Periodical that publishes news and other items of interest for a particular trade or industry.

catalog

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A list of items such as books, periodicals, maps and/or videos arranged in a defined order. The list usually records, describes and indexes the resources of a collection, a ...

invisible college

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Researchers, scholars, or experts who have established communication links that are independent of the literature in the fields in which they work. People who are on the frontiers ...