Organizing Information: Principles of Data Base and Retrieval Systems

by Dagobert Soergel

This book gives a theoretical base and a perspective for the analysis, design, and operation of information systems, particularly their information storage and retrieval (ISAR) component, whether mechanized or manual. Information systems deal with many types of events, persons, documents, business transactions, museum objects, research projects, and technical parts, to name a few. Among the purposes the serve are to inform the public, to support managers, researchers, and engineers, and to provide a knowledge base for an artificial intelligence program. The principles discussed in this book apply to all these contexts. The book achieves this generality by drawing on ideas from two conceptually overlapping areas―data base management and the organization and use of knowledge in libraries―and by integrating these ideas into a coherent framework. The principles discussed apply to the design of new systems and, more importantly, to the analysis of existing systems in order to exploit their capabilities better, to circumvent their shortcomings, and to introduce modifications where feasible.

Genres: Nonfiction

450 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1985

Reviews

[Liz De Coster · Rating 2 out of 5]

Read for LBSC 670: Organization of Information.
I was pretty frustrated with this book, which is authoritative but extremely dated. While the theory was sound, the examples and specifics are out-of-date to the point they're barely relevant.

[Julia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Written by my favorite Library Science professor and assigned in my favorite class!

[Mark · Rating 3 out of 5]

I admit I didn't read the whole thing. But some of what I read was very useful in terms of understanding concepts of organizing information. It still strikes me as relevant.

[Ananthi · Rating 5 out of 5]

i could not view this book

[Anna · Rating 5 out of 5]

A page-turner!