Library scholar
Encyclopedia
A library scholar is a researcher or academic who specializes in the history
or development of libraries
or their internal processes, such as cataloging
and knowledge organization
.
Library history
Library history is subdiscipline within library science and library and information science focuing on the history of libraries and their role in societies and cultures. There is today a tendency to broadening the field and to speak of information history...
or development of libraries
Library
In a traditional sense, a library is a large collection of books, and can refer to the place in which the collection is housed. Today, the term can refer to any collection, including digital sources, resources, and services...
or their internal processes, such as cataloging
Cataloging
Cataloging is the process of listing or include something in a catalog. In library science is is the producing of bibliographical descriptions of books or other kinds of documents...
and knowledge organization
Knowledge organization
The term knowledge organization designates a field of study related to Library and Information Science . In this meaning, KO is about activities such as document description, indexing and classification performed in libraries, databases, archives etc...
.
Examples
- James Duff BrownJames Duff BrownJames Duff Brown was a British librarian, information theorist, music biographer and educationalist. Most of his life was spent in London.-Biography:...
- Melvil DeweyMelvil DeweyMelville Louis Kossuth Dewey was an American librarian and educator, inventor of the Dewey Decimal system of library classification, and a founder of the Lake Placid Club....
- Michael Gorman (librarian)Michael Gorman (librarian)Michael Gorman is a British-born librarian, library scholar and editor/writer on library issues noted for his traditional views. During his tenure as president of the American Library Association , he was vocal in his opinions on a range of subjects, notably technology and education...
- Jesse SheraJesse SheraJesse Hauk Shera was an American librarian and information scientist who pioneered the use of information technology in libraries and played a role in the expansion of its use in other areas throughout the 1950s, 60s, and 70s....
See also
- BibliographerBibliographer"A bibliographer is a person who describes and lists books and other publications, with particular attention to such characteristics as authorship, publication date, edition, typography, etc. The result of this endeavor is a bibliography...
- Computer scientistComputer scientistA computer scientist is a scientist who has acquired knowledge of computer science, the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and their application in computer systems....
- DocumentalistDocumentalistDocumentalist is a kind of librarian, trained in documentation science and specializing in assisting researchers in their search for scientific and technical documentation...
- Information scientistInformation scientistThe term information scientist developed in the latter part of the twentieth century to describe an individual, usually with a relevant subject degree or high level of subject knowledge, providing focused information to scientific and technical research staff in industry, a role quite distinct from...
- LibrarianLibrarianA librarian is an information professional trained in library and information science, which is the organization and management of information services or materials for those with information needs...
- Library and information scientistLibrary and information scientistA library and information scientist is a researcher or academic who specializes in the field of Library and information science.-Examples:*John Shaw Billings*Suzanne Briet*Michael Buckland*Melville Dewey*Henri La Fontaine*Eugene Garfield...
- Library scienceLibrary scienceLibrary science is an interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary field that applies the practices, perspectives, and tools of management, information technology, education, and other areas to libraries; the collection, organization, preservation, and dissemination of information resources; and the...