"First published in the United Kingdom by Facet Publishing, 2015"--Title page verso. "Simultaneous U.S. Edition"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-405) and index.
Contents:
The need for classification -- First principles of classification -- The variety of classification : systems and structures -- The classification scheme : internal structure -- Types of classification scheme -- Order in the classification scheme -- Content analysis 1 : document description -- Content analysis 2 : practical constraints -- Controlled indexing languages -- Word-based approaches to retrieval -- Library of Congress Subject Headings 1 : basic headings -- Library of Congress Subject Headings 2 : structured headings -- Classification scheme application -- Library of Congress Classification 1 : basic classmark construction -- Library of Congress Classification 2 : use of tables -- Dewey Decimal Classification 1 : general properties and basic numbers -- Dewey Decimal Classification 2 : number building -- Universal Decimal Classification 1 : general properties and basic number building -- Universal Decimal Classification 2 : auxiliary tables -- Faceted classification -- Managing classification -- Classification in digital space.
Summary:
"This is a book about some of the systems which people have created for organizing information. It also examines the problems we face in sorting out the relationships between subjects, and imposing order on chaos. It's about the nature of knowledge as it is found in books and other information-carrying media. It is also first and foremost a book about how to classify. The emphasis throughout is on the activity of classification rather than the theory, the practical problems of the organization of collections, and the needs of users"--Page [1].
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