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Apostle, Lynne – 1987
Written as an introduction to the concepts of creating a personal or reprint file, this workbook discusses both manual and computerized systems, with emphasis on the preliminary groundwork that needs to be done before starting any filing system. A file assessment worksheet is provided; considerations in developing a personal filing system are…
Descriptors: Classification, Filing, Indexing, Information Storage
Peer reviewedBethel, Kathleen E. – Reference Librarian, 1994
Explores how theories of Afrocentricity can affect the arrangement of knowledge and the dissemination of information in libraries. Various aspects of cataloging are discussed, including controlled vocabularies, computer applications, and classification schemes; historical collections are reviewed; and examples of problems with Library of Congress…
Descriptors: Afrocentrism, Black Studies, Cataloging, Change
Download full textMarek, Kate – 1988
This paper examines the use of the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) system at the U. S. Conn Library at Wayne State College (WSC) in Nebraska. Several developments in the last 20 years which have eliminated the trend toward reclassification of academic library collections from DDC to the Library of Congress (LC) classification scheme are…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Classification, Dewey Decimal Classification
Council on Library Resources, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1984
This report reviews the background and rationale for a cooperative authority file building system and describes the services, products, and operation of the new Name Authority Cooperative (NACO). The document defines the relationship between NACO, other Library of Congress (LC) cooperative projects, and the Linked Systems Project (LSP). The…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Indexing, Information Networks
Benaud, Claire-Lise; Bordeianu, Sever – 1998
This publication provides librarians with a broader understanding of outsourcing issues in academic libraries. The book investigates the literature, then presents a survey of more than 200 academic research libraries involved with outsourcing projects. This book synthesizes prevailing theories and practice, details pros and cons, an outlines steps…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Authority Control (Information), Cataloging, Higher Education
Welsh, Sue – 1996
The growth in the size of the Internet has resulted in much effort being spent on indexing its contents. The most popular solutions are created by automatic methods, and although offering impressive coverage, they are disappointing where precision of meaning is required. Alternative services created by human beings arrange and index resources…
Descriptors: Classification, Content Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
Gilchrist, Alan, Ed. – 1997
This set of papers offers insights into some of the major developments in the field of classification and knowledge organization, and highlights many of the fundamental changes in views and theories which have taken place during the last 40 years. This document begins with a series of reminiscences from former delegates of the first International…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Access to Information, Cataloging, Classification
