Library science is an
interdisciplinary science incorporating the
humanities,
law and
applied science to study topics related to
libraries, the collection, organization, and dissemination of information resources, and the
political economy of information. Historically, library science has also included
archival science. "The distinction between a library and an archive is relatively modern". This includes how information resources are organized to serve the needs of select user groups, how people interact with classification systems and technology, how information is acquired, evaluated and applied by people in and outside of libraries as well as cross-culturally, how people are trained and educated for careers in libraries, the
ethics that guide library service and organization, the legal status of libraries and information resources, and the applied science of
computer technology used in
documentation and
records management. Academic courses in library science typically include Collection management, Information Systems and Technology,
Cataloging and
classification, , Reference,
Statistics and
Management. Library science is constantly evolving, incorporating new topics like
Database Management,
Information Architecture and
Knowledge Management, for example.
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n. บรรณารักษ์ศาสตร์ (syn. library science)