The Organization of Information (Library and Information Science Text Series)

Taylor, Arlene G.,Joudrey, Daniel N.

ISBN 10: 159158700X / ISBN 13: 9781591587002

Published by Libraries Unlimited, 2008

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Organization of Information (Library and Information Science Text Series)
• Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 159158700X
• ISBN 13: 9781591587002
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Condition: Very good

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Synopsis

This third edition of Taylor's modern classic continues to articulate the theory, principles, standards, and tools behind information organization.

As with previous editions, it begins with strong justification for the continued importance of organizing principles and practice. Following a broad overview of the concept and its role in human endeavors, Taylor and Joudrey provide a detailed and insightful discussion of such basic retrieval tools as inventories, bibliographies, catalogs, indexes, finding aids, registers, databases, major bibliographic utilities, and other organizing entities; and subsequently trace the development of the organization of recorded information in Western civilization from 2000 B.C.E. to the present. Standards of codification (MARC, SGML, and various DTDs), controlled vocabularies and ontologies, and Web 2.0 technologies are but a sample of its extensive topical coverage.

The Organization of Information remains the title of choice for students and professionals eager to embrace the heritage, immediacy, and future of this fascinating field of study.

About the Author

Arlene G. Taylor is professor emerita, School of Information Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, and author of several works on cataloging and classification and authority control. Daniel N. Joudrey is an associate professor in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Simmons College, Boston, Massachusetts, where he teaches information organization and cataloging.