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Library and information science (LIS)[1][2] are two academic disciplines that study all aspects of the creation, organization, management, communication, and use of recorded information. It underlies a variety of professional activities such as information management, librarianship, and archiving and records management, educating professionals for work in those areas, and carrying out research to improve practice.[3][4][5]

Library science and information science are two original disciplines; however, they are within the same field of study.[6][7] Library science is applied information science,[8] as well as a subfield of information science. Due to the strong connection, sometimes the two terms are used synonymously.

  1. ^ Bates, M. J.; Maack, M. N. (2010). Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences. Vol. 1–7. Boca Raton, US: CRC Press.
  2. ^ Library and Information Sciences is the name used in the Dewey Decimal Classification for class 20 from the 18th edition (1971) to the 22nd edition (2003).
  3. ^ Bawden, David; Robinson, Lyn (2016). "Library and Information Science". The International Encyclopedia of Communication Theory and Philosophy. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 1–5. doi:10.1002/9781118766804.wbiect113. ISBN 9781118766804.
  4. ^ Coleman, A. (2002). Interdisciplinarity: The Road Ahead for Education in Digital Libraries. D-Lib Magazine, 8:8/9 (July/August).
  5. ^ Higgins, Susan (2017). "Chapter 3 – Library and Information Science as a Discipline". Managing Academic Libraries: Principles and Practice. Chandos Publishing. pp. 19–28. doi:10.1016/B978-1-84334-621-0.00003-0. ISBN 978-1-84334-621-0.
  6. ^ Saracevic, Tefko (1992). Information science: origin, evolution and relations. In: Conceptions of library and information science. Historical, empirical and theoretical perspectives. Edited by Pertti Vakkari & Blaise Cronin. London: Taylor Graham (pp. 5–27).
  7. ^ Miksa, Francis L. (1992). Library and information science: two paradigms. In: Conceptions of library and information science. Historical, empirical and theoretical perspectives. Edited by Pertti Vakkari & Blaise Cronin. London: Taylor Graham (pp. 229–252).
  8. ^ Borko, H. (1968). Information science: What is it? American Documentation, 19(1), 3–5. doi:10.1002/asi.5090190103.
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