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.

2Categories 5609Terms

Add a new term

Contributors in Library & information science

Become a Contributors

Library & information science > Library

natural language

Library & information science; Library

When choosing words or phrases to describe a document, article, book or other material's subject content, the indexer (individual creating an Index) can select any appropriate ...

reference librarians

Library & information science; Library

Reference librarians are specialists in the field of information retrieval. Generally they have a Masters degree in library and information science, and many have other graduate ...

online public access computer (opac)

Library & information science; Library

A catalog in electronic (machine-readable) format and able to be accessed online.

class number

Library & information science; Library

Top part of a call number which stands for the subject matter of the book.

citation

Library & information science; Library

A citation is a reference or footnote to an item (such as a book or periodical article); a citation contains the author, title, date of publication, and any other information ...

depository

Library & information science; Library

A library which receives the publications of a government or official body.

public domain

Library & information science; Library

Material in the public domain is not copyrighted and may be used freely for any legal purpose. Works may be in the public domain for several reasons. For example, the copyright ...