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Library science or library and information science (abbreviated LIS) is the study of issues related to libraries and the information fields. This includes academic studies regarding how library resources are used and how people interact with library systems. Librarianship, the application of library science, comprises the practical services rendered by librarians in their day-to-day attempts to meet the needs of library patrons.
A library is a collection of information resources and services, organized for use, and maintained by a political body, institution, or private individual. In the more traditional sense, it meant a collection of books. This collection and services are used by people who choose not to — or cannot afford to — purchase an extensive collection themselves, who need material no individual can reasonably be expected to have, or who require professional assistance with their research.
However, with the collection of media other than books for storing information, many libraries are now also repositories and access points for maps, prints or other documents and artworks on various storage media such as microfilm, microfiche, audio tapes, CDs, LPs, cassettes, video tapes and DVDs, and provide public facilities to access CD-ROM and subscription databases and the Internet. Thus, modern libraries are increasingly being redefined as places to get unrestricted access to information in many formats and from many sources. In addition to providing materials, they also provide the services of specialists who are experts in matters related to finding and organizing information and interpreting information needs, called librarians.
Melvil Dewey (December 10, 1851–December 26, 1931) was the inventor of the Dewey Decimal Classification system for library classification.
In 1883 he became librarian of Columbia College, and in the following year founded the Columbia School of Library Economy, the first ever institution organized for the instruction of librarians. This school, which was very successful, was removed to Albany, New York in 1890, where it was reestablished as the New York State Library School under his direction. From 1888 to 1906 he was director of the New York State Library and from 1888 to 1900 was secretary of the University of the State of New York, completely reorganizing the state library and making it one of the most efficient in America as well as establishing the system of state travelling libraries and picture collections. In 1890 he helped to found the first state library association - the New York Library Association (NYLA) - and he was its first president, from 1890-1892.
... that St. Lawrence is the patron saint of librarians?
... that in the 1984 murder mystery by Jane Smiley, Duplicate Keys, an New York Public Library librarian stumbles on two dead bodies?
... that the Geisel Library (pictured) at UCSD, with its unique architecture, is a San Diego landmark?
... that the foundation of the modern public library system in the UK is the Public Libraries Act 1850?
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The Guantanamo Bay detainment camp library features over 4,200 books, available on request by detainees. Most-requested fiction authors: Agatha Christie and J. K. Rowling.[1] (Oct 5, 2006)
- Update: They're looking for a librarian. [2] (Oct 17, 2006)
As of September 2006, the University at Buffalo Department of Library and Information Studies has introduced an online open-access journal for library science students.[3] The publication is titled Library Student Journal and features such articles as "The role of skepticism in human-information behavior" and "Internet filters in public libraries: do they belong?"
| You see, I don't believe that libraries should be drab places where people sit in silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of employing wild animals as librarians. |
Monty Python's Flying Circus, Episode 10, "Gorilla Librarian" sketch [4], [5]
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