Library Science or Librarology?

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From: Luke Byers
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 03:41

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Hello


Have you ever thought about the appropriateness of the term "Library
Science". I mean, does it really suit the subject-field. Are libraries
looked at from a scientific view when they are studies or are they studies
by more than a scientific view, perhaps a historical view?

I think that Library Science should be renamed Librarology to reflect the
true manner in which the subject is studied. I have decided to use the
suffix -ology as it means, in a modern sense, the study of (something).

Do you have any opinions?

Luke Byers
Information and Library Studies Student
New Zealand

PS I'm new to this newsgroup

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