Part I: Theory of Organizing Library Collections -- Purpose and History of Organizing Library Collections -- Metadata and Encoding: Fundamental to Organizing Library Collections -- Describing and Providing Access to Library Collections -- Providing Subject Access to Library Collections -- Classifying Library Collections -- Part II: Practice of Organizing Library Collections -- Organizing Library Collections: Standards and Policy Development -- How Libraries Organize Their Collections -- Organizing Collections in Academic, Public, School, and Special Libraries -- Ethical Issues in Organizing Library Collections -- Current Developments in Organizing Library Collections.
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