Essential Classification

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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.

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Full title :Essential Classification.

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Publication Date:2015.
Edition:2nd ed

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Publisher(s):Facet Publishing
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2015.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (433 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781783302383, 1783302380
oclc:ocn995777970
LC Classification:Z695
Dewey Decimal:025.4

Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. The need for classification; 3. First principles of classification; 4. The variety of classification: systems and structures; 5. The classification scheme: internal structure; 6. Types of classification scheme; 7. Order in the classification scheme; 8. Content analysis 1: document description; 9. Content analysis 2: practical constraints; 10. Controlled indexing languages; 11. Word-based approaches to retrieval; 12. Library of Congress Subject Headings 1: basic headings; 13. Library of Congress Subject Headings 2: structured headings.

14. Classification scheme application15. Library of Congress Classification 1: basic classmark construction; 16. Library of Congress Classification 2: use of tables; 17. Dewey Decimal Classification 1: general properties and basic numbers; 18. Dewey Decimal Classification 2: number building; 19. Universal Decimal Classification 1: general properties and basic number building; 20. Universal Decimal Classification 2: auxiliary tables; 21. Faceted classification; 22. Managing classification; 23. Classification in digital space; Glossary; Bibliography and further reading; Index.