A profession that is responsible for implementing library and information services. 

Librarianship

The study of how users interact with information in the library. There is an emphasis on how people seek, retrieve and utilize information.

Information Behavior in Library Science

Collection development is the process of building library materials of all types of media and further revising and acquiring that content. 

Collection Development

The knowledge and skills needed for a specific activity or topic. There are multiple types of literacy including media, digital/technological, information, etc.

Literacy

The idea that libraries still function as an environment for teaching, learning and research despite advances in technology. Instead of becoming obsolete due to the accessibility of these new technologies, libraries should instead be the center of these advancements.

Library as Place

The use of computers to store and retrieve information

Information Technology (IT)

An archive is a collection of historical records about an organization and its society. These archives are managed by librarians, archivists, and other information professionals. 

Collection

- Information Behavior
- Information Technology
- Literacy
- Archives and Records
- Collection Development
- Library as Place
- Librarianship
- Material Types

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A field that focuses on the management, operation, and administration of Libraries as well as the study of information processes (users, communities, systems, collection, organization, dissemination, use, etc.). 

Library Science

Bates, M. J. (2017). Information Behavior. In Encyclopedia of library and information sciences (4th edition). Taylor & Francis.

Information Behavior

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Library Science References

Focuses of Library Science

In IFLA LRM's August 2017 edition, amended/corrected through December 2017, a manifestation (LRM-E4) groups carriers sharing content and physical-form characteristics under a production plan. An item (LRM-E5) is a particular object or group of objects carrying content. LRM-R4 connects a manifestation with the items that exemplify its characteristics.

A manifestation can be a singleton set, so multiple copies are not required. An item can comprise multiple objects, so it need not be one physical object. These distinctions extend beyond printed books, as illustrated by artwork, multi-disc, and ebook examples in this edition.

These claims are edition-specific; they establish neither latest-edition status nor a cataloguing-code prescription.

Source:
- [IFLA Library Reference Model, August 2017, amended/corrected through December 2017; Table 4.2, LRM-E4 and LRM-E5; Table 4.7, LRM-R4](https://www.ifla.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/assets/cataloguing/frbr-lrm/ifla-lrm-august-2017_rev201712.pdf)

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