"library science" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: library sciences [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} library science (plural library sciences)
  1. An interdisciplinary science incorporating the humanities, law and applied science to study topics related to libraries, the collection, organization, preservation and dissemination of information resources, and the political economy of information. Categories (topical): Library science Hypernyms: archival science, information science Related terms: library and information science Translations (interdisciplinary science): գրադարանագիտություն (gradaranagitutʻyun) (Armenian), kitabxanaşünaslıq [singular] (Azerbaijani), 圖書館學 (Chinese Mandarin), 图书馆学 (túshūguǎnxué) (Chinese Mandarin), knihovnictví [neuter] (Czech), raamatukoguteadus (Estonian), kirjastotiede (Finnish), bibliothéconomie [feminine] (French), könyvtártudomány (Hungarian), könyvtártan (Hungarian), könyvtár- és információtudomány (Hungarian), biblioteconomia [feminine] (Italian), 図書館学 (toshokangaku) (alt: としょかんがく) (Japanese), кітапханатану (kıtapxanatanu) (Kazakh), ഗ്രന്ഥാലയ വിവര ശാസ്ത്രം (granthālaya vivara śāstraṁ) (Malayalam), دانش کتابداری (Persian), bibliotekoznawstwo [neuter] (Polish), biblioteconomia [feminine] (Portuguese), библиотекове́дение (bibliotekovédenije) [neuter] (Russian), biblioteconomía [feminine] (Spanish), biblioteksvetenskap [common-gender] (Swedish), kitaplık bilimi (Turkish), khoa học thư viện (Vietnamese)

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