Laws of librarianship?

The Five Laws of Library Science, created by Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan, define how libraries should offer services and how users should respect books and others. The laws include “Books are for use,” “Every reader is his book,” “Every book, its reader,” “Save the user’s time,” and “The library is a growing organism.” The laws of […]

Info & librarianship: what are they?

Information and library science is an interdisciplinary field that focuses on managing and using information resources. Graduate programs prepare individuals for careers in information management, covering topics such as human-information interaction and information systems management. Graduates can become librarians, museum curators, or information systems managers. Researchers in the field study human-information interaction and information-seeking behavior. […]

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