Essential Classification

by Vanda Broughton

Classification is a crucial skill for all information workers involved in organizing collections. This new edition offers fully revised and updated guidance on how to go about classifying a document from scratch. Essential Classification leads the novice classifier step by step through the basics of subject cataloguing, with an emphasis on practical document analysis and classification. It deals with fundamental questions of the purpose of classification in different situations, and the needs and expectations of end users. The reader is introduced to the ways in which document content can be assessed, and how this can best be expressed for translation into the language of specific indexing and classification systems. Fully updated to reflect changes to the major general schemes (Library of Congress, LCSH, Dewey and UDC) since the first edition, and with new chapters on working with informal classification, from folksonomies to tagging and social media, this new edition will set cataloguers on the right path.

Genres: Nonfiction, Reference, Library Science, School, Academic

336 pages, Hardcover

First published August 30, 2004

Reviews

[Rob · Rating 4 out of 5]

A clear, practical, informative guide on classification, indexing, and information retrieval, written in a readable style with plenty of exercises to try building classmarks for various classification schemes, assigning subject headings, and more.

[Rhonda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read for the cataloging & classification class I took.

[Knut Sigurd · Rating 4 out of 5]

Det er ikkje ofte ein ser ei så klar framstilling av noko som helst.