Glossary
Library Science Professor Terms & Vocabulary
15 essential library science professor terms with plain-English definitions: the vocabulary you’ll hear in training and on day one.
Key library science professor vocabulary
These 15 terms come up constantly in library science professor training, on the job and in interviews. Knowing them helps you follow instructions, document accurately and sound prepared.
- ALA
- American Library Association.
- Archives
- Historical records.
- Asynchronous
- Learning on your own schedule.
- Cataloging
- Describing items for discovery.
- Controlled vocabulary
- Standard terms.
- Digital library
- Online collection.
- Information behavior
- How people seek information.
- Information literacy
- Finding and evaluating information.
- Metadata
- Data describing data.
- MLIS
- Master of Library and Information Science.
- Open access
- Free research access.
- Practicum
- Supervised field experience.
- Reference interview
- Finding what a user needs.
- Repository
- Digital storage system.
- Tenure
- Permanent status.
Practice these terms
Test yourself with the free Library Science Professor practice test: it includes vocabulary questions built from this list. For a complete course, see Library Science Professor training.
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