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It's a part of information science. Libraries are systems to organize large amounts of information (not necessarily physical locations, there are digital libra
by pcthrowaway 4y ago
It's a part of information science.
Libraries are systems to organize large amounts of information (not necessarily physical locations, there are digital libraries now). So I imagine you learn sorting and indexing techniques, processes for getting information and metadata in and out of the system, and much more
A library is a database of unstructured documents with structured metadata, which might need to be indexed, queried, and accessed in many different ways
- dredmorbius 4y agoI just wanted to say that this is an elegant and beautiful definition of a library: "A library is a database of unstructured documents with structured metadata, which might need to be indexed, queried, and accessed in many different ways." Thanks for that.