The Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology is the Smithsonian’s historical collection of rare books and manuscripts containing notable works of scientific and technological literature. Most systems librarians do not see all new technology as an inherent … Thomas Haigh, The history of information technology, Annual Review of Information Science and Technology, 10.1002/aris.2011.1440450116, 45, 1, (431-487), (2013). Located in the Widener Stacks, level B-East, the History of Science library consists of a limited-access "cage" with non-circulating volumes and an office (S-91) with non-circulating bound journals. The term "library science" first appeared in the early 1930s, in the title of S. R. Ranganathan's The Five Laws of Library Science, published in 1931, and in the title of Lee Pierce Butler's 1933 book, An introduction to library science (University of Chicago Press). A longitudinal survey research method was employed for the study. This paper discussed the history and development of library and information science education in Ethiopia.

History of Science Highlights among the collections for history of science in Special Collections include the Thordarson Collection of rare science and illustrated natural history books, the Duveen and Cole collections of alchemy and chemistry, the Schadewald Collection on Pseudo-Science, the Science and Religion Collection, and the Albert Collection on optics and ophthalmology. The theoretical foundations of socialist library science have been developed by Soviet library science as a result of the distillation of the experience of social development, including library work, which has been accumulated in the USSR. History of Science The collections for history of science and technology emphasize the internal development of science and technology, broader social and intellectual contexts of scientific and technological development, and the relationship between science and technology and institutions, philosophy, religion, and literature, and other cultural phenomena. Will be very helpful to all librarians and information science professionals interested in learning more about the profession and the Library … Libraries have existed since ancient times, but only in the second half of the 19th century did library science emerge as a separate field of study. Organized in the late 1970s, the History and Library Science Master of Arts (HiLS) dual-degree program is jointly run by the Department of History and the College of Information Studies  (the iSchool). This chapter has highlighted the history of library information technology, utilizing Annie AlphaGeek and Larry Luddite to illustrate the transitions in communication as well as the technology. and Foundations of Information Science," SHERA & CLEVELAND included an historical introduction to the field, and some of the literature reviewed was about the history of IS. Library culture is a microcosm of society at large, and, as in the larger society, people are rarely cleanly divided into two distinct and opposing camps.
Data were collected using documentary analysis, observation and personal Library - Library - The history of libraries: In earliest times there was no distinction between a record room (or archive) and a library, and in this sense libraries can be said to have existed for almost as long as records have been kept.