Library Classification Trends in The 21st Century

Title: Library Classification Trends in The 21st Century
Author: Rajendra Kumbhar
ISBN: 1843346605 / 9781843346609
Format: Soft Cover
Pages: 172
Publisher: Chandos Publishing
Year: 2012
Availability: Out of Stock

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This book traces development in and around library classification as reported in literature published in the first decade of the 21st century. It reviews literature published on various aspects of library classification including modern applications of classification such as internet resource discovery, automatic book classification, text categorization, modern manifestations of classification such as taxonomies, folksonomies and ontologies and interoperable systems enabling crosswalk. The book also features classification education and an exploration of relevant topics.

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Preface
Glossary of Classification Terminology
About The Author

Chapter 1 : Knowledge Organisation and Knowledge Organisation Systems
Chapter 2 : Classification and Its Uses
Chapter 3 : Construction of Classification Schemes
Chapter 4 : General Classification Schemes
Chapter 5 : Special Classification Schemes and Classification of Non-Bibliographic Entities
Chapter 6 : Automatic Book Classification, Reclassification and Non-Classificatory Approaches to Knowledge Organisation
Chapter 7 : Classification Education
Chapter 8 : Modern Knowledge Organisation Systems and Interoperability
Chapter 9 : Text Categorisation
Chapter 10 : Classification : Theories, Research Trends and Personalities

Appendix : Books on Classification Published During 1999-2009
References
Index