An adjustment to the Rand statistic, which will allow comparison across different levels for number of clusters found within a classification, is proposed. This adjustment permits the user to compare several different classifications with respect to classification agreement, while correcting for the contribution of chance to any observed…

When documentary material is indexed by a mechanized classification system, and the results judged by trained professionals, the number of documents in disagreement, after suitable adjustment, defines the error rate of the system. In a test case disagreement was 22 percent and, of this 22 percent, the computer correctly identified two-thirds of…

Up to two-thirds of African languages have a system of noun classification of some sort. This paper proposes an alternative approach to the noun class system of the Dagaare and Akan languages based more on an interaction between morphology and phonology than on semantics. Dagaare and Akan are two West African languages that exhibit mainly suffixal…

This issue of Exploratorium Magazine is devoted to languages as a systematic means of getting across ideas. Contents include: (1) "Where Do Languages Come From" (Merrit Ruhlen); (2) "English in Transition" (Rupert Peene); (3) "The Making of English" (Judith Brand); (4) "Try This!"-Become a Word Historian and One Poem-Three Poems" (Kurt…

Between 1876 and 1883, Melvil Dewey worked as a Boston entrepreneur promoting a variety of educational schemes that addressed the nation's library, metric, and spelling reform interests. During that time he started and lost one business and started another within weeks. In addition, he used his reform zeal to develop credibility with a number of…

The development and current status of the International Standard Bibliographic Description for serials and the implications of its adoption for the Anglo-American Cataloging Rules are reported. (Author)

A classification scheme for nonfederal government publications is explained in step-by-step sequence. A brief discussion of the classification and use of local publications introduces the classification scheme. (Author/JB)

The interrelationships of the branches of the sciences and technology are analyzed by means of linkages derived from the listing of journals under more than one subject category in the list Source Journals Arranged by Category'' from the Science Citation Index'', 1970. (4 references) (Author)

This paper reviews the need for and possibilities of developing an adequate and universal classification and coding system for educational media. (Editor)

It is possible to avoid an ongoing reclassification program by shelving publications under their original Superintendent of Documents classification number while bringing all publications of an agency or a series together on visible record files. (1 reference) (Author)

The main topics considered over the period of this bulletin (September 1968 to September 1972) have been the classification of Library and Information Sciences, and the continuing problems of the principles required for a better comprehensive general classification. (2 references) (Author/NH)

With the introduction of nonprint materials into all types of libraries, the question of the need for the use of media designations has risen. This paper discusses some of the pros and cons of the question. (6 references) (Author/DH)

The much-favoured early warning'' generic medium designation is discriminatory, functionally inefficient, and out of line with the national and international acceptance of AACR. A specific designation, placed with the collation, is preferable on all these grounds; and there are better ways of giving an early warning.'' (Author)