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LIS Research Areas Classification Scheme

Development/Principles of LIS	Organization of Information
1. History of Libraries and Library Science 2. History of Information Science 3. LIS as a Discipline 4. LIS as a Profession 5. Philosophy, Values, and Ethics of LIS 6. Critical Perspectives on LIS 7. Libraries and Society/Culture 8. Information and Society/Culture 10. Information Policy 11. Political Economy of Information 12. Copyright/Intellectual Property 13. Books, Printing, Publishing Industry 14. Intellectual Freedom and Censorship 91. Preservation and Archiving	54. Organization of Information 55. Descriptive Cataloguing/AACR 56. Archival Description/RAD 57. Classification and Subject Analysis 58. Indexing and Abstracting 59. Metadata and Semantic Web 60. Knowledge/IR Management 61. Records Management
LIS Education	Information Systems and Retrieval
15. LIS Education and Programs 16. LIS Faculty, Students 17. Pedagogy in LIS 18. Research Methods 19. Distance Education in LIS 20. Continuing Education in LIS 21. International/Comparative Librarianship	62. Information Systems and Technologies 63. Information Retrieval Theory and Practice 64. Online Catalog Retrieval Systems 65. Database and Other Retrieval Systems 66. Information Architecture 67. Information Visualization 68. Computer/Information Networks 69. Information Technology Management 70. Users and Uses of Information Systems 71. Human-Computer Interaction 72. Bibliometrics/Informetrics/ Webometrics 92. Social Software Applications 93. Information Integrity and Security
Collection Development	Types of Libraries and Information Providers
22. Collections Development 23. Acquisitions Theory and Practice 24. Preservation of Collections 25. Licensing 26. Archival Collections 27. Special Collections/Rare Books 28. Science and Technology Literatures 29. Arts/Humanities Literatures 30. Social Science Literatures 31. Government Documents 32. Serials 33. Graphic Materials: Maps, Art, etc. 34. Music 35. Electronic Documents 36. Other Materials Types	74. Digital/Virtual Libraries 75. Public Libraries 76. Academic Libraries 77. School Media Centers/Libraries 78. Special and Corporate Libraries 79. Medical Libraries 80. Law Libraries 81. Government Libraries 82. Archives and Records Centers 83. Community Information Centers 94. Museums 84. Other Providers
Services to User Populations	Management/Administration
37. Reference and Information Services 38. Electronic Reference Services 39. Adult Services 40. Young Adult Services 41. Children's Services 42. Services for Senior citizens 43. Services for Multicultural Populations 44. Services for People with Disabilities 95. Services for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered (GBLT) Populations 96. Diversity Issues 45. Reading Advisory Services 46. Children's/YA Literatures 47. Storytelling 48. Reading and Literacy 49. Information Literacy and Instruction 50. Information Needs and Behaviors/Practices 51. Information Needs/Behaviors of the Public 52. Information Needs/ Behaviors of Specific Groups 53. Scholarly and Scientific Communication 97. New Literacies top	85. Administration and Management 86. Personnel 87. Buildings/Facilities 88. Funding 89. Strategic Planning, Marketing, Lobbying 90. Evaluation of Service top
Informatics	School Libraries
9. Social/Community Informatics 73. Health Informatics 98. Legal Informatics 99. Museum Informatics 100. Digital Archive Informatics	101. Curriculum Integration 102. Production of Materials 103. Role of the School Library Media Specialist 104. Instructional Design

Last Updated 2/13/2013