Social Science Libraries Section

Division: Library Types

Social Science Libraries are special libraries supporting research and practice in the broad domain of the Social Sciences. Thus the section includes for example big Business Libraries as well as small research institute libraries in the fields of linguistics or anthropology.

Following the extensional definition by H.P. Hogeweg-de Haart (FID, 1981), i.e. the UNESCO definition plus other disciplines the Social Sciences include the following disciplines: ... anthropology, communication science, criminology, demography, economics, education, environmental planning, futurology, geography, history, labour science, law, library and information science, linguistics, management science, philosophy, political science, public administration, psychology, social policy, sociology, statistics, science of religion, science of science ...

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This Section is sponsoring: Religions: Libraries and Dialogue Special Interest Group.

Social Science Libraries, Sections

Última actualización: 13 Abril 2017

Latest News

A free Workshop on Text Mining and the HathiTrust Research Center at the IFLA in Kuala Lampur, Malaysia

Are you attending the IFLA 2018 World Library and Information Congress? JOIN US ON: August 23, 2018, for a day-long text mining workshop for librarians hosted by the IFLA Social Science Libraries Satellite Meeting.

12 Junio 2018

Understanding Your Library from the Inside Out: A Workshop in Library Ethnography for User Assessment - Social Science Libraries with Africa Section

The workshop is free, but requires a registration and is limited to 30 participants. Lunch will be served.

26 Mayo 2017

2016 Call for papers: Social Sciences Libraries Section joint with Asia and Oceania Section

IFLA Social Sciences Libraries Section in collaboration with Asia and Oceania Section is seeking papers on the topic of "User Experience (UX) and Social Science Libraries in the Digital Age"

20 Enero 2016

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