information science

noun

Updated on: 9 Mar 2018

Definition of information science

: the collection, classification, storage, retrieval, and dissemination of recorded knowledge treated both as a pure and as an applied science

Recent Examples of information science from the Web

The university offers outstanding programs in business administration and management, economics, biology, computer and information sciences and psychology.

— gerald bradshaw, chicagotribune.com, "Don't fret if shut out of top schools," 2 Mar. 2018
Roman earned his Bachelor of Science in psychology and Master of Science in library information science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and another master’s degree in English from Northern Illinois University.

— elizabeth marie himchak, Rancho Bernardo, "New Rancho Bernardo librarian has success with improving teenage readers," 20 Dec. 2017
To create that economy, Cornell Tech will offer about a dozen masters and Ph.D. programs in fields like information science and electrical and computer engineering.

— elizabeth a. harris, New York Times, "High Tech and High Design, Cornell’s Roosevelt Island Campus Opens," 13 Sep. 2017
Adeola Awe, a Bronx resident and a master’s student in geographic information science at Lehman College of The City University of New York, arrived at the mapathon in Manhattan hoping to use his skills in urban planning to help with relief efforts.

— alice yin, New York Times, "A Mapathon to Pinpoint Areas Hardest Hit in Puerto Rico," 2 Oct. 2017

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