The use of technology to operate library systems such as:
- Cataloging
- Metadata
- Indexing services
- Database Management

Information Technology in Library Science

There are three distinct information revolutions:
- Print-based revolution
- Pre-digital revolution
- Digital revolution

History of Information Technology

Crisis informatics is a field of study that looks at the way the public uses social media and information technology during a crisis. More specifically how technology connects people and organizations to relevant information and how technology is used to create new ways of communication.  

Crisis Informatics

The use of computers to store and retrieve information

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- Information Behavior
- Information Technology
- Literacy
- Archives and Records
- Collection Development
- Library as Place
- Librarianship
- Material Types

Focuses of Library Science

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A profession that is responsible for implementing library and information services. 

Librarianship

The study of how users interact with information in the library. There is an emphasis on how people seek, retrieve and utilize information.

Information Behavior in Library Science

Collection development is the process of building library materials of all types of media and further revising and acquiring that content. 

Collection Development

The knowledge and skills needed for a specific activity or topic. There are multiple types of literacy including media, digital/technological, information, etc.

Literacy

The idea that libraries still function as an environment for teaching, learning and research despite advances in technology. Instead of becoming obsolete due to the accessibility of these new technologies, libraries should instead be the center of these advancements.

Library as Place

Information Technology (IT)

An archive is a collection of historical records about an organization and its society. These archives are managed by librarians, archivists, and other information professionals. 

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