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Organization of Information

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ISBN-10: 159158700X

ISBN-13: 9781591587002

Edition: 3rd 2008 (Revised)

Authors: Arlene G. Taylor, Daniel N. Joudrey

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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…    
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Book details

List price: $55.00
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: ABC-CLIO, LLC
Publication date: 12/23/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 540
Size: 10.00" wide x 7.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.090
Language: English

ARLENE G. TAYLOR is professor, School of Information Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, and author of several works on cataloging and classification. She has received ALA's Margaret Mann Citation in Cataloging and Classification.

DANIEL N. JOUDREY is an assistant professor in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Simmons College, Boston, Massachusetts, where he teaches information organization and cataloging. His research interests include aboutness determination, subject access to information, and cataloging education.

List of Figures
Preface
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
Organization of Recorded Information
Retrieval Tools
Development of the Organization of Recorded Information in Western Civilization
Metadata
Encoding Standards
Systems and System Design
Metadata: Description
Metadata: Access and Authority Control
Subject Analysis
Systems for Vocabulary Control
Systems for Categorization
Conclusion
An Approach to Subject Analysis
Arrangement of Physical Information Resources
Arrangement of Metadata Displays
Glossary
Selected Bibliography
Index