These should be the most basic topics in the field--topics about which we'd like to have articles soon. Please see the most basic encyclopedia article topics for general instructions on constructing this list, and consult complete list of encyclopedia topics.

The information profession: American Library Association -- Five laws of library science -- Information -- Knowledge management -- Library -- Librarian -- Library and information science -- Library management

Information formats: Book -- Braille book -- CD-ROM -- Codex -- Compact audio cassette -- Compact disc -- Database -- Ebook -- Gramophone record -- Information architecture -- Internet -- Laserdisc -- Magnetic tape -- Manuscript -- Map -- Microfiche -- Microfilm -- Microprint -- Pamphlet -- Paper -- Phonograph cylinder -- Photograph -- Recorded book -- Scroll -- Sheet music -- Slide library -- Videotape -- Web site -- Wire recording

Types of publications: Almanac -- Atlas -- Comic book -- Dictionary -- Encyclopedia -- Gazetteer -- Graphic novel -- Journal -- Lexicon -- List of almanacs -- List of books -- List of encyclopedias -- List of magazines -- List of newspapers -- Magazine -- Newspaper -- Reference work -- Serial -- Series -- Telephone directory -- Thesaurus

Selection and acquisition of library materials: Children's literature -- Information explosion -- ISBN -- ISSN -- Library acquisitions -- Library collection development -- Literature -- Public Lending Right -- Young adult literature

Catalogs and indexes: AACR2 -- Accession number -- Authority list -- Bliss bibliographic classification -- Catalog -- Cataloguing -- Classification -- Collation -- Colon classification -- Colophon -- Dewey Decimal Classification -- Index -- International Standard Bibliographic Description -- Library of Congress classification -- Machine Readable Cataloging -- OCLC -- OPAC -- Subject -- Universal Decimal Classification -- WorldCat

Electronic information storage and retrieval: Boolean operator -- Digital library -- Expert system -- Fuzzy logic -- Geographic Information System -- Human-computer interaction -- Information retrieval -- Information science glossary of terms (to be incorporated into separate articles) -- Invisible web -- Keyword -- Knowledge management -- Metadata -- Precision -- Recall -- Record -- Zing

Research methods: Bibliography -- BibTeX -- Genealogy -- How to find a book (http://wikibooks.org/wiki/Transwiki:How_to_find_a_book) -- Information literacy -- Library instruction -- Library reference collection -- Library reference desk -- Library reference service -- Research

Scientometrics: Bibliometrics -- Bradford's law -- Citation -- Data mining -- Impact factor -- Information retrieval -- Informetrics -- Peer review -- Scientometrics -- Web mining -- Webometrics

Other library services and processes: Interlibrary loan -- Library circulation -- Library circulation desk -- Library technical services -- Phpmylibrary

Library buildings and systems: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library -- Bibliotheca Alexandrina -- Birmingham Central Library -- Bodleian Library -- British Library -- Carnegie libraries -- Escorial Library -- Esperanto library -- Library of Congress -- List of libraries -- List of national libraries -- Montagu Butler Library -- National library -- Public library -- Robarts Library -- United States National Library of Medicine -- University Library (Cambridge)

Digital libraries: Aozora bunko -- l'Association des Bibliophiles Universels --Bibliotheca Universalis -- Christian Classics Ethereal Library -- The Cochrane Library -- Digital library -- Distributed Proofreaders -- ibiblio -- Library of Congress Digital Library project -- List of digital library projects -- Million Book Project -- Online Book Initiative -- Online Books Page -- Perseus Project -- Project Gutenberg -- Project Runeberg -- Project Sugita Genpaku

Preservation: Archive -- Archivist -- Book preservation -- Data preservation -- Mass deacidification -- Slow fires

Social and legal issues: Banned books -- Censorship -- Copyright -- Freedom of Information Act -- Information access -- Intellectual freedom -- Intellectual property -- Literacy -- United States v. Tasini -- USA PATRIOT Act

People: Daniel J. Boorstin -- List of librarians -- Melvil Dewey -- Michael Lorenzen -- Seymour Lubetzky -- S. R. Ranganathan

Organizing and searching Ireland Information Guide: Ireland Information Guide:Categorization -- Ireland Information Guide:Common words, searching for which is not possible -- Ireland Information Guide:How to explore Ireland Information Guide -- Ireland Information Guide:Naming conventions (and its subpages) -- Ireland Information Guide:Searching