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Caldera-Serrano, Jorge – Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 2010
This paper describes a procedure to manage connotations, so that they may be identified in the document databases of television channels. The system is based on Ranganathan's facets, as this is the best tool to describe actions--i.e. the units analysed in television--which enable the identification of the connoted information by introducing or…
Descriptors: Internet, Television, Library Science, Interpersonal Relationship
Horsnell, Verina – 1974
An intermediate lexicon is described that employs a technique which allows, for a given subject area, the automatic translation of subject indexing from one indexing scheme into another. The lexicon was structured according to the principles of faceted classification and contained approximately 1,000 entries covering the field of library and…
Descriptors: Automatic Indexing, Classification, Coordinate Indexes, Evaluation
Foskett, D. J. – 1970
The Classification Research Group has produced a number of reports which explore the theoretical, as opposed to special, classification schemes and worked out their applications in detail in a few selected disciplines. A short and simplified introduction to these reports, which are published under the title "Classification and Information…
Descriptors: Classification, Indexing, Information Retrieval, Information Science
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Welch, Thomas L. – Hispania, 1978
Presents card catalog approaches to bilingualism and biculturalism, with the intent of assisting the reader, specialist or not, in developing competence in using the standardized subject headings employed in the majority of research library card catalogs. (EJS)
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingualism, Cataloging, Classification
Abbott, George L. – 1973
Since indexing systems concentrate upon the information content of materials and not upon their form, instructional media centers (IMC) can use one system for all media. Content descriptors can be selected from a thesaurus of accepted terms, from the title of the material, or from an analysis of the content. The first of these three methods is the…
Descriptors: Classification, Educational Media, Filing, Indexing
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Houser, Lloyd – Library and Information Science Research, 1986
Examines the literature on the myth of "hard science-soft science" as a means of defining scientific specialties and classifying science literature, and discusses some shortcomings of scholarship in library and information science. Use of Toulmin's categorization of sciences to organize the literature and provide access for scientists is…
Descriptors: Bibliometrics, Classification, Indexing, Information Retrieval
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Hood, William; Wilson, Concepcion S. – Information Processing and Management, 1994
Summarizes the findings of a recent study on the indexing practices used in the Library and Information Science Abstracts (LISA) database. Descriptors, or indexing terms, from the thesaurus are analyzed; searching implications are discussed; and the relationship between the classification code and the descriptors is examined. (Contains 21…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Classification, Indexing, Library Science
California Univ., Los Angeles. Library. – 1975
Changes made at Library of Congress (LC) are considered and analyzed for their impact on the library at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). The four LC changes analyzed are (1) the adoption of the International Standard Bibliographic Description for monographs (ISBD(M) ); (2) desuperimposition (the return to use of the smallest,…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Change Strategies, Classification, College Libraries
Lancaster, F. W. – 1972
This book deals with properties of vocabularies for indexing and searching document collections; the construction, organization, display, and maintenance of these vocabularies; and the vocabulary as a factor affecting the performance of retrieval systems. Most of the text is concerned with vocabularies for post-coordinate retrieval systems, with…
Descriptors: Classification, Codification, Computers, Indexes
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Brittain, Michael – Information Processing and Management, 1987
Discusses the inclusion of expert systems in library and information science (LIS) education in such areas as library management, classification and indexing, and information retrieval. Emphasis is placed on involvement in developing areas such as programing and knowledge acquisition to create information professionals able to use the new…
Descriptors: Classification, Developed Nations, Expert Systems, Foreign Countries
Hines, Theodore C. – 1968
Problems in indexing library and information science literature occur because of the speed of introduction of new terms, the nature of class headings, and the uncertain terminology of the field. Vocabulary control requires control over the concepts selected (the depth of indexing), the form of expression of concepts and the syndetic apparatus of…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Citation Indexes, Classification, Conferences
DECROW, ROGER; AND OTHERS – 1967
RESULTS ARE REPORTED OF A STUDY OF THE FEASIBILITY OF A NATIONAL ADULT EDUCATION INFORMATION CENTER, IN WHICH IT WAS PROPOSED TO (1) STUDY INFORMATION PROBLEMS AND RESOURCES IN ADULT EDUCATION AND RECOMMEND NEW SERVICES WHICH WOULD BE MOST USEFUL TO THE FIELD , (2) DEVELOP THE TOOLS OF SUBJECT ANALYSIS WHICH WOULD BE NEEDED IN THESE SERVICES, AND…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Automation