Essential Classification

Broughton, Vanda

ISBN 10: 1783300310 / ISBN 13: 9781783300310

Published by Facet Publishing, 2015

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Essential Classification
• Publisher: Facet Publishing
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1783300310
• ISBN 13: 9781783300310
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

Classification is a crucial skill for all information workers involved in organizing collections. This new edition offers fully revised and updated guidance on how to go about classifying a document from scratch.

Essential Classification

leads the novice classifier step by step through the basics of subject cataloguing, with an emphasis on practical document analysis and classification. It deals with fundamental questions of the purpose of classification in different situations, and the needs and expectations of end users. The reader is introduced to the ways in which document content can be assessed, and how this can best be expressed for translation into the language of specific indexing and classification systems.

Fully updated to reflect changes to the major general schemes (Library of Congress, LCSH, Dewey and UDC) since the first edition, and with new chapters on working with informal classification, from folksonomies to tagging and social media, this new edition will set cataloguers on the right path. Key areas covered are:

The need for classification

The variety of classification

The structure of classification

Working with informal classification

Management aspects of classification

Classification in digital space.

Readership

: This guide is essential reading for library school students, novice cataloguers and all information workers who need to classify but have not formally been taught how. It also offers practical guidance to computer scientists, internet and intranet managers, and all others concerned with the design and maintenance of subject tools.

About the Author

Vanda Broughton