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In an 1878 prospectus, the journal stressed its importance by noting that small libraries, in particular, could gain the "costly experience and practical advice" of the largest libraries. Regular reading of Library Journal, the prospectus declared, would make "the librarian worth more to the library, and the library worth more to the people."
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to library and information science: Library and information science (LIS) is the scientific study of issues related to libraries and the information fields. This includes academic studies regarding how library resources are used and how people interact with library systems.
Library science (previously termed library studies and library economy) [note 1] 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.
Journal of the American Society for Information Science 48 (April): 373–79. Yang, Siluo, Heyu Diao, Yifan Zou, and Aoxia Xiao. 2023. “Characteristics of Correction Practice and Its Citation in Library and Information Science Journals.” Journal of Librarianship & Information Science 55 (4): 1088–1101.
Evidence-based library and information practice (EBLIP) or evidence-based librarianship (EBL) is the use of evidence-based practices (EBP) in the field of library and information science (LIS). This means that all practical decisions made within LIS should 1) be based on research studies and 2) that these research studies are selected and ...
Melvil Dewey (December 10, 1851 – December 26, 1931), inventor of the Dewey Decimal System and editor of the Library Journal was an advocate for public libraries. The same year also saw the establishment of Library Journal, which was edited by Melvil Dewey. The publication is still the most respected within the profession. [10]
Human rights is a professional ethic that informs the practice of librarianship. [8] The American Library Association (ALA), the profession's voice in the U.S., defines the core values of librarianship as information access, confidentiality/privacy, democracy, diversity, education and lifelong learning, intellectual freedom, preservation, the public good, professionalism, service and social ...
Library Review (journal) Library Trends (1952–) Libri (journal) Malaysian Journal of Library and Information Science; MLA Forum; New Century Library; New Review of Children's Literature and Librarianship (Pub: Taylor & Francis). Half yearly. ISSN: 1361-4541, 1740-7885 (O). [31] Notes (journal) Portal – Libraries and the Academy