TY - BOOK AU - Hepler,Reed AU - Horalek,David ED - Open Textbook Library TI - Introduction to Library and Information Science T2 - Open textbook library AV - L7 CY - Minneapolis, MN PB - Open Textbook Library KW - Education KW - Textbooks KW - General education KW - Social sciences KW - Library Science and Museum Studies N1 - Part I. Library History and Essential Functions -- Data, Information, and Knowledge -- History of Libraries -- Library Services -- Acquisitions -- Collection Development -- Classficiation and Cataloging -- Facilities and Funding -- Circulation -- Reference Librarianship -- Preservation -- Part II. Improvements and Adapatations in the Modern World -- Intellectual Freedom -- Digitial Initiatives and Library 2.0 -- Representation in the Library -- Copyright -- Part III. Supporting the Public to Obtain Public Support -- Patron Services -- Reader's Advisory -- The Modern Library Experience -- Part IV. Conclusion -- Conclusion N2 - This book explores the history, present, and future of library science, both in theory and in practice. It examines the place of the librarian as arbiter of information access in a constantly-changing and modernizing global community UR - https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/1433 ER -