Introduction to Library Science

Author: Yu Liangzhi
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: The main target audience of this book is undergraduate and graduate students in library science departments, as well as library staff. It also serves as a reference for those engaged in library science teaching and research. Additionally, it benefits individuals from other disciplines who wish to understand the principles of library operations and improve their information literacy. This book is an introductory overview of the library profession and library science. It defines the organization, arrangement, and dissemination of knowledge and information as the fundamental social division of labor in the library profession, and identifies the techniques, theories, and principles of organizing and arranging knowledge and information, as well as the transmission of knowledge and information through libraries, as the core content of library science. From this starting point, and with the realities of hybrid and digital libraries as the backdrop, the book outlines the basic theories and methods of knowledge and information organization and arrangement in the library profession, the fundamental approaches to knowledge and information dissemination in various types of libraries, the knowledge innovation system of the library profession, and the philosophical foundations of the library profession.