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LIBRARIANSHIP AND INFORMATION SCIENCES

Librarianship involves collecting, organizing, preserving and disseminating information to those who need it.

Librarians help their constituencies find and make use of information contained in a collection of various kinds, sizes and resources to support individual needs as well as an organization's strategic goals. Librarians also organise the library database and help people to find materials and resources. In addition, the responsibilities of librarians vary according to the kind of library

What is a library?

To understand this concept, you need to know that libraries have evolved over that is to say from the time they were started to date. Ancient libraries. This refers to rooms, buildings where Palm leaves, bamboo strips, and papyrus offered a flat surface that more readily accepted handwriting where kept. It was said that parchment came into use in Asia Minor after the export of papyrus from Egypt was banned. A picture of clay tablet which was found in ancient libraries These types of libraries were mainly owned by religious (persist, bishops), political leaders, teachers and others learned men in the society. Modern libraries. This refers to a room, building where periodicals, books, newspapers,dissertations,journals are kept for individuals, groups of people to brow or buy. It can also refer to a database where library resources are kept in a digital, electronic format only to be used by computers and other digital devices like smart phones. These have to be with internet access to work very. These libraries are built and owned by countries, communities, schools, and other social institutions in the world. The individuals who work and maintain libraries in the modern world are mainly Library and Information scientist graduates.

Reference https://ischool.uw.edu/research/areas/librarianship#:~:text=Librarianship%20involves%20collecting%2C%20organizing%2C%20preserving,as%20an%20organization's%20strategic%20goals.