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…

The language of library and information science is presented in a faceted library classification. To this vocabulary are added rules for combining terms into compound subjects; an overall linear order for all terms, elementary and compound; and a notation to maintain this order in a mechanical fashion. An extensive alphabetical index is included.…

Presents a bibliography of 482 publications on education and training for librarianship and information science published in 1991. The contents list, the classified arrangement, and a subject index for countries and regions provide subject access; and a name index for authors, organizations, and programs is included. (LRW)

Explains some major problems related to the subject indexing process and proposes semiotics as a framework for understanding the interpretive nature of the process. Explores the approach to studies of indexing and library and information science suggested by Fairthorne, Blair, Benediktsson, and others. Offers an explanation of what occurs in the…

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…