What is library and archival science? What courses are there in the university? What will you do in the future?
Library science and archival science are two different majors. Library science is a science that studies the development, organization and management of libraries and the laws of library work. Archival science is a science that studies the basic theories of archival science and archival management. Although their research and learning contents are similar, there are still essential differences. Main courses of library science: library science foundation, information resource construction, information organization, information description, introduction to bibliography, information retrieval, information users and services, reference service, advanced language programming, information system design and application, database principle and application, introduction to digital library, maintenance and evaluation of library system, management of library and information center, and research methods of library and information. Main courses of archival science: archival science foundation, literature and secretarial science, archival management, electronic document management, Chinese and foreign archival undertakings, archival document compilation and research, archival document heritage protection, introduction to e-government, government information management, archival laws and regulations, knowledge management, etc. (Take Wuhan University as an example) With the improvement of social archives consciousness, the state, enterprises and institutions attach importance to archives work, and now almost every unit will have full-time or part-time archives management positions. Quite a few civil servants, institutions and large and medium-sized state-owned enterprises. Every year, civil servants will have many archives professional positions, and the social demand is great. The employment of libraries is similar.