Library science (often termed library studies and library economy) is an interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary field that applies the practices, perspectives, and tools of management, information technology See more

Public
The study of librarianship for public libraries covers issues such as cataloging; collection development See more

See also
List of Library and Information Science Journals ,
• List of Library and Information Science Journals See more

Information science grew out of documentation science and therefore has a tradition for considering scientific and scholarly communication, bibliographic databases See more

Academic courses in library science include collection management, information systems and technology, research methods, … See more

Libraries have existed for many centuries but library science is a more recent phenomenon, as early libraries were managed primarily by academics.
17th and 18th century See more

This is a list of some of the major conferences in the field.
• Annual meetings of the American Library Association.
• Annual meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology See more