Information science is a new interdisciplinary subject and a comprehensive subject of natural science and social science. It is a necessary field to understand modern communication and knowledge integration.
The research object of information science is scientific information and its activity law, and the pursuit goal is the best indexing scheme, the least information search time and the maximum information circulation.
With the evolution of human society to the information society, the social importance of information science is increasing day by day, and its functions and research results are considered as one of the powerful pillars of the information society.
Graduate school with information science major:
Peking University Beijing Normal University Northeast Normal University Heilongjiang University
East China Normal University Huazhong Normal University Jilin University Lanzhou University
Nanjing University Nanjing University of Science and Technology Nanjing Agricultural University Nankai University
Shanghai University Shanghai Jiaotong University Tianjin Normal University Wuhan University
Xidian university China Renmin University Central South University Sun Yat-sen University
The future direction of library science is basically as follows: information system direction, editing and publishing direction, information resource management direction, library information resource construction and management direction, library user research direction, basic theory of library science, library cause construction, library document management automation direction, document organization direction and so on.
Training objectives: This major trains systematic basic theories of library science and information science, grasps management scientific knowledge and modern information technology, has the ability to skillfully use modern technical means to organize, search, analyze, evaluate and develop and utilize literature information and network information, and can engage in application-oriented and compound senior professionals in information service, management, teaching and research in libraries, information service institutions and information departments of various enterprises and institutions.
Basic training specifications: Students in this major mainly study library science, informatics, management science and modern information technology, master the skills of information collection, processing, research, development and utilization, and highlight the cultivation of practice and management ability of libraries and information service departments.
Graduates should have the following knowledge and abilities:
Master the basic principles of Marxism and the basic theories of culture, education and scientific research;
Familiar with the policies and regulations of China's economic construction, library cause and information industry;
Familiar with the basic knowledge of library science and information management, understand the development frontier and direction of this subject, and have certain ability to engage in scientific research;
(4) Mastering the practical working ability of information collection, organization, retrieval, analysis, evaluation, development, utilization and service by using modern information technology;
⑤ Have certain website construction and network system evaluation ability;
⑥ Strong Chinese and foreign literature reading and interpersonal skills.
Main courses: library science foundation, introduction to information management, management principles, information technology foundation, database application technology, management information system, network application technology, information resource construction, information organization, information retrieval, information description, digital library, network system evaluation, website construction and webpage design, information consultation and decision-making information economics, information marketing, etc.
Main employment direction: This major trains applied and compound library senior professionals who have systematic basic theoretical knowledge of library science, can skillfully use modern technology to collect, sort out, develop and utilize literature information, and can engage in information service and management in library and information institutions and information departments of various enterprises and institutions.