Library and information science(s) or studies (LIS)[1][2] is an interdisciplinary field of study that deals generally with organization, access, collection, and regulation of information, whether in physical or digital forms.
Some consider the two original disciplines, library science and information science, to be separate fields.[3][4] However, it is common today to use the terms synonymously or to drop the term "library" and to speak about information departments or information schools.[5] There have also been attempts to revive the concept of documentation and to speak of Library, information and documentation studies (or science).[6] The organization of information and information resources is one of the fundamental aspects of LIS.[7]
^Bates, M.J.; Maack, M.N. (2010). Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences. Vol. 1–7. Boca Raton, US: CRC Press.
^Library and Information Sciences is the name used in the Dewey Decimal Classification for class 20 from the 18th edition (1971) to the 22nd edition (2003)
^Saracevic, Tefko (1992). Information science: origin, evolution and relations. In: Conceptions of library and information science. Historical, empirical and theoretical perspectives. Edited by Pertti Vakkari & Blaise Cronin. London: Taylor Graham (pp. 5–27).
^Miksa, Francis L. (1992). Library and information science: two paradigms. In: Conceptions of library and information science. Historical, empirical and theoretical perspectives. Edited by Pertti Vakkari & Blaise Cronin. London: Taylor Graham (pp. 229–252).