Outline of library and information science

• The study of libraries and information both in terms of theory and practice.
• Field of science – widely recognized category of specialized expertise within science, and typically embodies its own terminology and nomenclature. Such a field will usually be represented by one or more scientific journals, where peer reviewed research is published. There are many library and information-related scientific journals.
  • Social science – field of academic scholarship that explores aspects of human society.

Essence

• Library and information science
  • Library science
  • Information science

• Glossary of library and information science
• Cataloging
• Classification
• Information architecture
• Librarian
• Library

Branches of library and information science

• Archival science
• Bibliographic databases
• Cataloging
• Library instruction
• Preservation
• Readers' advisory
• Reference

Types of library and information professionals

• Librarian
  • Application specialist – see integrated library system
  • Cataloguing librarian – see library catalog
  • Collections librarian – see
    library collection development
  • Electronic resources librarian – see electronic resource management
  • Law librarian – expert in legal research
  • Metadata librarian – see metadata
  • Reference librarian – helps patrons with research
  • Research instruction librarian – see library instruction
  • Teacher-librarian
• Archivist
• Curator
• Indexer
• Information architect
• Information consultant
  (may be a qualified librarian)
• Prospect researcher
• Records manager (see Records management)

History of library and information science

• History of Information Science
• List of larger libraries in the ancient world

Types of libraries

• Academic library
• Archive
• Digital library
• National library
  • List of national libraries
• Public library
  • Carnegie library
• Research library
• School library
• Special library

Specific libraries

• List of libraries

Library and information resources

Document

Information media

• Audiobook
• Bibliographic database
• Book
  • List of books
• Bookmark
• Braille book
• CD-ROM
• Clay Tablet
• Codex
• Compact audio cassette
• Compact disc
• DVD
• Ebook
• Film Stock
• Gramophone record
• Information architecture
• Laserdisc
• Magnetic tape
• Manuscript
• Map
• Microfiche
• Microfilm
• Microprint
• Newsgroup
• Newspaper
• Pamphlet
• Phonograph cylinder
• Photograph
• Scroll (parchment)
• Sheet music
• Slide library
• Videotape
• Web site
• Wire recording

Types of publications

• Academic journal
• Almanac
  • List of almanacs
• Atlas
• Comic book
• Dictionary
• Encyclopedia
  • Lists of encyclopedias
• Gazetteer
• Graphic novel
• Lexicon
• Magazine
• Newspaper
  • Specific newspapers
• Reference work
• Serial
• Series of books
• Telephone directory
• Thesaurus

Catalogs and indexes

• AACR2
• Accession number
• Authority control
• Bliss bibliographic classification
• Classification
• Collation
• Colon classification
• Colophon
• Dewey Decimal Classification
• Controlled vocabulary
• Index
• International Standard Bibliographic Description
• Library catalog
• Library of Congress Classification
• Machine Readable Cataloging
• NUCMC
• OCLC
• OPAC
• Resource Description and Access
• Subject
• Universal Decimal Classification
• WorldCat

Information science

• Glossary of information science terms
• Human-computer interaction
• Integrated library system
• Evidence-based library and information practice

Organization of information

• Cataloging and classification
  • List of Catalogs and indexes
  • Subject indexing
  • Taxonomic classification
  • Scientific classification
  • Statistical classification
  • Security classification
  • Film classification
• Categorization
• Data modeling
• Knowledge management/ Knowledge engineering
• Information architecture
• Information system

Electronic information storage and retrieval

• Data storage
  • Boolean expression
  • Computer storage
  • Data management
  • Data storage device
  • Database
  • Digital library
  • Document management
  • Expert system
  • Fuzzy logic
  • Geographic Information System
  • Invisible web
  • Keyword
  • Knowledge management
  • Memory
  • Metadata
  • OpenURL
  • Precision
  • Recall
  • Semantic web
  • XML
• Information retrieval
  • Controlled vocabulary
  • Cross-language information retrieval
  • Digital libraries
  • Document classification
  • Educational psychology
  • Federated search
  • Full text search
  • Geographic information system
  • Information extraction
  • Information seeking
  • Knowledge visualization
  • Question answering
  • Search engines
  • Search index
  • tf-idf

Infometrics

• Bibliometrics – studies quantitative aspects of recorded information
• Webometrics – studies quantitative aspects of the World Wide Web
• Cybermetrics – similar to webometrics, but broadens its definition to include electronic resources

Scientometrics

Scientometrics – studies quantitative aspects of science

• Bradford's law
• Citation
• Data mining
• Impact factor
• Information retrieval
• Peer review
• Web mining

Informatics

Informatics

• Bioinformatics
• Biodiversity Informatics
• Biomedical informatics
• Business Informatics
• Ecoinformatics
• Cheminformatics
• Community informatics
• Geoinformatics
• Health informatics
• Laboratory informatics
• Neuroinformatics
• Social informatics

Information and society

• Information society
• Censorship
• Copyright
• Freedom of Information Act
• Information access
• Intellectual freedom
• Intellectual property
• Literacy
• USA PATRIOT Act
• Open source
• Privacy
• Cultural studies
• Technological determinism
• Groupware
• Human-computer interaction
• Information ethics
• Usability engineering/ User-centered design

Library operations and management

Library management –

• Five laws of library science
• Information
• Information literacy
• Knowledge management

Research methods

• Bibliography
• Digital reference services
• Genealogy
• Reference works
• Library reference desk
• Reference interview
• Research

Organizing and searching Wikipedia

• Wikipedia resources for researchers
• Wikipedia:Categorization
• Wikipedia:Citing Wikipedia
• Wikipedia:Common words, searching for which is not possible
• Wikipedia:How to explore Wikipedia
• Wikipedia:Naming conventions
  (and its subpages)
• Wikipedia:Searching
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check

Selection and acquisition of library materials

• Children's literature
• Information explosion
• ISBN
• ISSN
• Library acquisitions
• Library collection development
• Literature
• Public Lending Right
• Young adult literature

Preservation

• Archival science
• Archive
• Archivist
• Art conservation and restoration
• Conservation
• Curator
• Digital preservation
• Film preservation
• Historic preservation
• Library binding
• Mass deacidification
• Preservationist
• Slow fire

Other library services and processes

• Bookmobile
• Interlibrary loan
• Library circulation
• Library portal
• Library technical services
• RFID
• Reference management software

Politics of library science

• Government information
• REFORMA

Legal issues

• Censorship
• Copyright
• Intellectual freedom
• Intellectual property
• Intellectual property rights
• Intellectual freedom
• Legal deposit
• Library Bill of Rights
• Open access (publishing)
• Public lending right
• Serials crisis

Laws

• Children's Internet Protection Act
• Digital Millennium Copyright Act
• Freedom of Information Act
• Patriot Act
• USA PATRIOT Act

Legal precedents

• New York Times Company v. Tasini

Social issues

• Decreased funding for established libraries
• Digital divide
• Digitization
• Education for librarianship
• Information access
• ICT
  's)
  • Sustainability and ICT's
• Information explosion
• Information policy
• Information literacy
• Information Society
• Literacy
• Remote access

Education and training

Education for librarianship –

• List of I-Schools

Academic courses in library science

• Collection management
• Cataloging and classification
• Database management
• Information architecture
• Information systems and technology
• Knowledge management
• List of Library Science schools
• Management
• Preservation
• Reference
• Research methods
• Statistics

Professional organizations

• American Association of School Librarians
• American Library Association
• Australian Library and Information Association
• Canadian Library Association
• Association for Library Service to Children
• Association of Research Libraries
• International Federation of Library Associations
  (IFLA)
• Public Library Association
• Special Libraries Association

Non-profit organizations

• Librarians Without Borders
• Bibliothèques Sans Frontières
• African Library Project
• Friends of Libraries

Notable people in library science

• List of librarians
• Librarians in popular culture
• Sanford Berman
• Daniel J. Boorstin
• William Warner Bishop
• Lee Pierce Butler
• John Cotton Dana
• Melvil Dewey
• John Fiske (philosopher)
• Michael Gorman
• Seymour Lubetzky
• Eric Moon
• Paul Evan Peters
• S. R. Ranganathan
• Jesse Shera
• Howard D. White

See also

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Libraries
• Category:Library science journals
• Category:Library science magazines
• Wikiproject BID (library, information, documentation) at the German Wikipedia
• Portail SID (information literacy and libraries) at the French Wikipedia.
• How to find a book on Wikibooks
• Document management system
• Grey literature
• History of Public Library Advocacy
• Informatics
• Library of Congress
• Library anxiety
• OCLC
• Preservation: Library and Archival Science
• Public Library Advocacy
• Serials, periodicals and journals
• The works of Michael Gorman

External links

• Visualizing Library and Information Science from the practitioner's perspective
• LISNews.org Librarian and Information Science News
• LISWire.com Librarian and Information Science Wire
• Library and Information Science at
  Curlie

History

• Jefferson's Library - Exhibition including a sample page from "Catalog of Library of Thomas Jefferson"
• Chronology of information science and technology - From the 17th to the 20th century
• Chronology of chemical information science
• Information science pioneers - Biographies of pioneers and famous information scientists