Library Science Admission 2025, NIRF Ranking, Entrance Exams

Library science is an interdisciplinary field which utilises the practices, perspectives and tools of management, information technology, education and other areas to maintain libraries. It's basic activities include collection, organization, preservation and dissemination of information resources and the political economy of information. Libraries contain books, periodicals, micro-films, videos, cassettes, slides etc., for education, research, reference and pleasure. Librarianship is a Library Science -Specific profession which concerns with organising, maintenance and storage of books etc. in a library. 

The study of this field includes all or few of these –

• Collection management
• Information systems and technology
• Archives management
• Research methods
• Cataloging and classification
• Conservation of manuscript

Some of its specialized fields are -

1. Librarian
   
2. Archiving
   
3. Cataloguing
   
4. Computer, Data, and Information System
   
5. Curator
   
6. Indexing
   
7. Abstractors
   
8. Researchers
   
9. Information architecture
   
10. Information broker
    
11. Metadata Architecture
    
12. Metadata Management
    
13. Preservation Administration and Conservation

Various Job Types 

1. Library Attendant - Takes care of inter-library loans shelving books, processing bills, subscription renewals and new memberships.
   
   
2. Library Assistant - Main duties involve accession, shelf arrangements, levying of fines, maintenance and binding of books and other materials, location of missing books, and related technical work.
   
   
3. Junior Librarian/Semi-Professional Assistant - Works at the counter to receive and issue books, sends out reminders on overdue loans, looks after accessioning.
   
   
4. Junior Librarian/Professional Assistant - Is responsible for accessioning, classification, cataloguing, ordering books, as well as handling computer data.
   
   
5. Junior Librarian/Assistant Librarian - Selects and acquires books and material, takes care of reference services and computer programming, as well as supervision of semi-professional assistants.

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