librarianship
Managing information resources
Librarianship is the profession of managing libraries and their collections.
It encompasses acquiring, organizing, and preserving materials while helping people access information.
Modern librarianship extends beyond physical books to digital resources, databases, and information literacy: She studied librarianship because she believed in free access to knowledge.
Systematic organization into records
- classificationSystematic grouping by traits
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- acquisitionsThings newly gained
deaccession · accessioning · digitization · metadata · provenance · collection · archiving · restoration
Directing attention elsewhere
- circulationMovement through a system
- catalogingSystematic organization into records
- classificationSystematic grouping by traits
- metadataDescriptive information about content
indexing · acquisitions · research · education · credentialing · certification · ethics · advocacy
Handwritten or typed originals
- recordsStored data or albums
- documentsFormal written records
- repositoryPlace for storing things
- historicalOf documented times
preservation · papyrus · vellum · ephemera · provenance · conservation · digitization
Knowledge about something
- referenceDirecting attention elsewhere
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
- databasesOrganized electronic information collections
- bibliographyList of cited works
periodicals · journals · encyclopedias · scholarship · publications · nonfiction · fact-checking · citation
Proactive community assistance
- literacyAbility to read, write
- patronsRegular supporters or customers
- storytimeScheduled narrative session
- bookclubGroup discussing assigned literature
accessibility · inclusion · programming · workshops · events · volunteers · partnership · engagement
cataloging
Systematic organization into records
- classificationSystematic grouping by traits
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
acquisitions · deaccession · accessioning · digitization · metadata · provenance · collection · archiving · restoration · weeding
reference
Directing attention elsewhere
- circulationMovement through a system
- catalogingSystematic organization into records
- classificationSystematic grouping by traits
metadata · indexing · acquisitions · research · education · credentialing · certification · ethics · advocacy · tenure
manuscripts
Handwritten or typed originals
- recordsStored data or albums
- documentsFormal written records
- repositoryPlace for storing things
historical · preservation · papyrus · vellum · ephemera · provenance · conservation · digitization
information
Knowledge about something
- referenceDirecting attention elsewhere
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
- databasesOrganized electronic information collections
bibliography · periodicals · journals · encyclopedias · scholarship · publications · nonfiction · fact-checking · citation
outreach
Proactive community assistance
- literacyAbility to read, write
- patronsRegular supporters or customers
- storytimeScheduled narrative session
bookclub · accessibility · inclusion · programming · workshops · events · volunteers · partnership · engagement · makerspace
- pink-collar jobsnurse, nursing, receptionist, secretary, teaching
- health professionsnursing, medicine, pharmacy, dentistry, optometry
- book topicsrare books, book collecting, bibliography, book reviews, book design