Important Keywords and Explanation of Library and Information Science

• Important Keywords and Explanation of Library and Information Science


• Disseminating: Collecting, organising and packaging information, making them available to people.


• Information Society: A society in which the central instruments of and direction are information and knowledge.


• Non-formal Education: A system of education wherein; the students have acquire knowledge through self-study


• Repositories: Places where things are stored.


• Vocational Skills: Skills pertaining to an occupation.


• Working Groups: Persons engaged in different vocations, professions occupations.


• Books : A packaged carrier of information and knowledge


• Growing Organism: A biological phenomenon indicating growth, not necessarily indicated externally.


• Information : A recorded message, irrespective of physical form or content.


• Information Society : A society in which the central instrument of change, force and direction is information and knowledge.


• Knowledge :Organised information irrespective of the form physical 


• Reader/ User: A person using the resources of a library; a customer of information and information institutions