week 2 lesson Flashcards
(22 cards)
The “book” is also known in Latin as?
liber
The “library” is known in Roman & Greek as?
bibliotheca
Library Science is a personal knowledge & skill with which recorded information is what to meet the clientele’s needs?
selected, acquired, organized, stored, maintained, retrieved, disseminated
What is Information?
is a data-represented in readily comprehensible form
What is information science?
a systematic study, analysis, and discipline that deals with the processes of storing & transferring information.
What are the key important words about Library & Information Science?
organization, collecting, selecting, storing, and retrieval.
What is a librarian?
a professionally trained personnel responsible for the care of libraries and their contents.
What is the additional role of a librarian?
manage and mediate access to information which are available in electronic form (online environment)
What is the additional role of a librarian?
manage and mediate access to information which are available in electronic form (online environment)
What are the three main kinds of librarian work:
- selecting materials for the library
- organizing them
- find & use and helping people to get materials
What is a reference librarian?
pursues deeper wisdom and understand all the questions in order to guide a clientele or provide answers to a clientele’s questions
What is a school librarian?
work closely with teachers in helping students build a reading habit, learning study skills, and understand how to use a library.
What is a cataloger?
examines every book and other media collections in the library to determine what they are about
What is an acquisition librarian/collection management librarian?
specializes in locating and ordering materials
What is a media specialist?
prepares the bibliographies/has an expertise in all media usage
What is a public librarian?
provides unrestricted access to library and service fees to the whole community given that it is public-funded
The profession devoted to applying theory and technology to the creation, selection, organization, management, preservation, dissemination, and utilization of collections of information in all formats
Librarianship
a type of librarian that specialized in information retrieval, often holding a Masters degree in library science. This informative individual can be located at the reference desk in the library.
Reference Librarian
What title do libraries give to books and materials that are in high demand, often those required for specific courses?
The Reserve Collection
alphanumeric code that accurately identifies and locates materials in a library’s collection. These numbers are typically found on the spine of the book and correspond to the library catalog collection.
The call number
What Amherst College graduate worked in the school library prior to being named “The Father of Modern Librarianship”?
Melvin Dewey
Any publication which appears more or less regularly, such as daily, weekly, or monthly, falls under the category of? This includes newspapers, magazines, and of course, almanacs.
serials
