LIBRARY SCIENCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does library science mean? 

• LIBRARY SCIENCE (noun)
  The noun LIBRARY SCIENCE has 1 sense:

1. the study of the principles and practices of library administration

  Familiarity information: LIBRARY SCIENCE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIBRARY SCIENCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The study of the principles and practices of library administration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("library science" is a kind of...):

arts; humanistic discipline; humanities; liberal arts (studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills))

Domain member category:

circulation ((library science) the count of books that are loaned by a library over a specified period)

 Context examples 

A branch of computer or library science relating to the storage, locating, searching, and selecting, upon demand, relevant data on a given subject.

(Information Storage and Retrieval, NCI Thesaurus)