About library terminology

The basic concepts of the draft state standard of the Russian Federation “Library and Information Activities. Terms and Definitions" are considered. The necessity of interpreting library activities as a type of practical information activity, which is a combination of the processes of collecting, transforming, storing, searching, disseminating information, organizing and managing information systems, is emphasized. The information essence of library activity is proposed to be shown in the definitions of special terms, and not in their formulations. Based on the foregoing, definitions of a library, library and bibliographic activities, library and bibliography businesses, information business, library and bibliography sciences are proposed. The necessity of reflecting the activity nature of the phenomenon under consideration in the structure of the standard is substantiated.