Introduction to Library Science

Author: Wu Weici Dong Yan
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Publish Date: 2002-05-01
Features: This book is a fundamental theoretical textbook for library and information science. While serving as an introductory education for the profession, it also provides a comprehensive overview of various integrated issues in modern library and information science theory and practice. The book covers the following topics: research objects, systems, and content of library and information science, its nature, methods, and trends, the social functions of libraries, types of libraries, library services, micro-level work systems of libraries, principles and practices of library management, the information superhighway and the construction of digital libraries, digitalization of documents and electronic copyright, and the development directions of libraries in the network environment.