List of basic library and information science topics
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Below is a list of basic topics in library and information science -- topics which will help the beginner become familiar with the science of libraries and information.
Information science as a profession
- American Library Association
- Association of Research Libraries
- Five laws of library science
- Information
- Knowledge management
- Librarian
- Library
- Library and information science
- Library management
Information media
- Audio book
- Bibliographic database
- Book
- Braille book
- CD-ROM
- Codex
- Compact audio cassette
- Compact disc
- Ebook
- 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
Publication lists
- List of almanacs
- List of books
- List of encyclopedias
- List of magazines
- List of newspapers
- Magazine
- Newspaper
- Reference work
- Serial
- Series
- Telephone directory
- Thesaurus
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
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
- OCLC
- OPAC
- Subject
- Universal Decimal Classification
- WorldCat
Electronic information storage and retrieval
- Boolean operator
- Database
- Data management
- Digital library
- Expert system
- Fuzzy logic
- Geographic Information System
- Glossary of information science terms (to be incorporated into separate articles)
- Human-computer interaction
- Information retrieval
- Invisible web
- Keyword
- Knowledge management
- Metadata
- OpenURL
- Precision
- Recall
- Record
- Webology
- ZING
Research methods
- Bibliography
- BibTeX
- Digital Reference Services
- Genealogy
- [How to find a book]
- Information literacy
- Library instruction
- Reference interview
- Library reference collection
- Library reference desk
- Library reference service
- Research
Scientometrics
- Bibliometrics
- Bradford's law
- Citation
- Data mining
- Impact factor
- Information retrieval
- Informetrics
- Peer review
- Scientometrics
- Web mining
- Webometrics
Other library services and processes
- Bookmobile
- Interlibrary loan
- Library circulation
- Library circulation desk
- Library technical services
- Phpmylibrary
- RFID
Library buildings and systems
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Bibliotheca Alexandrina
- Birmingham Central Library
- Bodleian Library
- British Library
- Carnegie libraries
- Escorial Library
- Esperanto library
- Library of Congress
- List of libraries
- List of national libraries
- List of university libraries
- Montagu Butler Library
- National library
- Public library
- Research library
- Robarts Library
- United States National Library of Medicine
- University Library (Cambridge)
Digital libraries
- Aozora bunko
- l'Association des Bibliophiles Universels --Bibliotheca Universalis
- Christian Classics Ethereal Library
- The Cochrane Library
- Digital library
- Distributed Proofreaders
- ibiblio
- Library of Congress Digital Library project
- List of digital library projects
- Million Book Project
- Online Book Initiative
- Online Books Page
- Perseus Project
- Project Gutenberg
- Project Runeberg
- Project Sugita Genpaku
Preservation
Social and legal issues
- Banned books
- Censorship
- CONTU
- Copyright
- Freedom of Information Act
- Information access
- Intellectual freedom
- Intellectual property
- Library Bill of Rights
- Literacy
- New York Times Company v. Tasini
- REFORMA
- USA PATRIOT Act
People
- Daniel J. Boorstin
- William Warner Bishop
- Lee Pierce Butler
- John Cotton Dana
- List of librarians
- John Fiske (librarian)
- Melvil Dewey
- Michael Lorenzen
- Seymour Lubetzky
- Eric Moon
- S. R. Ranganathan
- Jesse Shera
Organizing and searching Wikipedia
- [Categorization]
- [Citing Wikipedia]
- [Common words, searching for which is not possible]
- [Dewey Decimal System]
- [How to explore Wikipedia]
- [Naming conventions] (and its subpages)
- [Searching]
- [WikiProject Fact and Reference Check]
- [WikiProject Librarians]
See also
- [de] (library, information, documentation) at the German Wikipedia
- [fr] (information literacy and libraries) at the French Wikipedia.
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