library science
Let an agent explain library science and its subfields, relay theory, education and professional practice from LIS sources, describe specialisms the registry aliases name, and distinguish library science from information science, archival science and librarianship as practice.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain library science and its subfields, relay theory, education and professional practice from LIS sources, describe specialisms the registry aliases name, and distinguish library science from information science, archival science and librarianship as practice.
The discipline concerned with the organisation, management and provision of information resources in libraries and beyond, now usually called library and information science, covering knowledge organisation through cataloguing and classification, collection development, reference services, specialisms such as school, serials and regional librarianship, and emerging areas such as digital scholarship and data services; the field is taught in accredited programmes and underpins the library profession.
What it is for: Organising and providing access to information.
It can be explain the field and subfields; relay theory and education; describe specialisms; distinguish related fields.
Distinguishing features
Organisation of knowledge
Service orientation
Professional education
Digital transformation
What it looks like
Not a visible object; a discipline.
Physical character
first library school: Columbia, 1887 note - Melvil Dewey
ALA accredited programmes: about 60 count - North America
IFLA founded: 1927 year
How it is recognised
Discipline of libraries and information
Knowledge organisation, school, serials and regional librarianship, digital scholarship
Information science is broader; archival science handles records; librarianship is the practice
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is practised in - institutions
is contrasted with - handling records
is represented by -
In practice
Families and kinds
knowledge organisation including cataloguing and classification
collection management and serials librarianship
reference and information services
school and academic librarianship
public and regional librarianship
digital scholarship and data librarianship
Standards and regulation
Cataloguing standards such as RDA and MARC
Classification schemes such as Dewey and LCC
Programme accreditation by ALA and CILIP
Failure modes and hazards
Confusing the discipline with the practice
Registry aliases mixing subfields and specialisms
Stale accounts of the digital shift
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.library-science
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What library science is.
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is library science, and how does it differ from information science, archival science and librarianship? definition
- Is the question about the discipline, a subfield, education or practice? boundary
Subfields
Subfields.
Subfields
Subfields.
- What are knowledge organisation, school, serials and regional librarianship and digital scholarship? definition
- Which entry fits the specific subfield? action
Theory Theory and standards.
Sources.
Organisation
Knowledge organisation.
Organisation
Organisation.
- How do cataloguing, classification and metadata standards organise knowledge? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Principles
Principles.
Principles
Principles.
- What principles such as Ranganathan s laws guide the field? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Profession Education and profession.
Practice.
Education
Education.
Education
Education.
- How are librarians educated and accredited? provenance
- Which entry fits librarian? action
Ethics
Ethics and values.
Ethics
Ethics.
- What professional values such as intellectual freedom and privacy guide practice? provenance
- Which entry fits intellectual freedom? action
Context History and future.
Context.
History
History.
History
History.
- How did library science develop from Dewey to the information age? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of libraries? action
Future
Digital future.
Future
Future.
- How are digital scholarship, data and AI changing the field, with positions attributed? provenance
- Which entry fits digital library? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should knowledge organisation and digital scholarship be separate primary entries?
- How should LIS sources be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming subfields and specialisms; should they be split off?