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library science

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An interdisciplinary science incorporating the humanities, law and applied science to study topics related to libraries, the collection, organization, preservation and dissemination of information resources, and the political economy of information.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: archival science, information science

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noun

Meaning 2

the study of the principles and practices of library administration

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts, arts

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Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: գրադարանագիտություն (gradaranagitutʻyun) — interdisciplinary science
  • Azerbaijani: kitabxanaşünaslıq — interdisciplinary science
  • Chinese Mandarin: 圖書館學 /图书馆学 (túshūguǎnxué) — interdisciplinary science
  • Czech: knihovnictví — interdisciplinary science
  • Estonian: raamatukoguteadus — interdisciplinary science
  • Finnish: kirjastotiede — interdisciplinary science
  • French: bibliothéconomie — interdisciplinary science
  • Hungarian: könyvtártudomány — interdisciplinary science
  • Hungarian: könyvtártan — interdisciplinary science
  • Hungarian: könyvtár- és információtudomány — interdisciplinary science
  • Italian: biblioteconomia — interdisciplinary science
  • Japanese: 図書館学 (toshokangaku) — interdisciplinary science
  • Kazakh: кітапханатану (kıtapxanatanu) — interdisciplinary science
  • Malayalam: ഗ്രന്ഥാലയ വിവര ശാസ്ത്രം (granthālaya vivara śāstraṁ) — interdisciplinary science
  • Persian: دانش کتابداری — interdisciplinary science
  • Polish: bibliotekoznawstwo — interdisciplinary science
  • Portuguese: biblioteconomia — interdisciplinary science
  • Russian: библиотекове́дение (bibliotekovédenije) — interdisciplinary science
  • Spanish: biblioteconomía — interdisciplinary science
  • Swedish: biblioteksvetenskap — interdisciplinary science
  • Tamil: நூலகவியல் (nūlakaviyal) — interdisciplinary science
  • Turkish: kitaplık bilimi — interdisciplinary science
  • Vietnamese: khoa học thư viện — interdisciplinary science