The Organization of Information, 3rd Edition / Edition 3

by Arlene G. Taylor, Daniel N. Joudrey

Overview

This third edition of Taylor's modern classic continues to articulate the theory, principles, standards, and tools behind information organization.

As with previous editions, it begins with strong justification for the continued importance of organizing principles and practice. Following a broad overview of the concept and its role in human endeavors, Taylor and Joudrey provide a detailed and insightful discussion of such basic retrieval tools as inventories, bibliographies, catalogs, indexes, finding aids, registers, databases, major bibliographic utilities, and other organizing entities; and subsequently trace the development of the organization of recorded information in Western civilization from 2000 B.C.E. to the present. Standards of codification (MARC, SGML, and various DTDs), controlled vocabularies and ontologies, and Web 2.0 technologies are but a sample of its extensive topical coverage.

The Organization of Information remains the title of choice for students and professionals eager to embrace the heritage, immediacy, and future of this fascinating field of study.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781591587002
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	12/23/2008
Series:	Library and Information Science Text Series
Edition description:	Older Edition
Pages:	512
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.90(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Arlene G. Taylor is professor emerita, School of Information Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, and author of several works on cataloging and classification and authority control. She has received ALA's Margaret Mann Citation in Cataloging and Classification and the ALA Highsmith Library Literature Award.

Daniel N. Joudrey is assistant professor in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Simmons College, Boston, Massachusetts, where he teaches information organization and cataloging. His research interests include aboutness determination, subject access to information, and cataloging education.

Table of Contents

List of Figures

Preface

Acknowledgments by Arlene G. Taylor

Acknowledgments by Daniel N. Joudrey

Chapter 1: Organization of Recorded Information

Chapter 2: Retrieval Tools

Chapter 3: Development of the Organization of Recorded Information in Western Civilization

Chapter 4: Metadata

Chapter 5: Encoding Standards

Chapter 6: Systems and System Design

Chapter 7: Metadata: Description

Chapter 8: Metadata: Access and Authority Control

Chapter 9: Subject Analysis

Chapter 10: Systems for Vocabulary Control

Chapter 11: Systems for Categorization

Conclusion

Appendix A: An Approach to Subject Analysis

Appendix B: Arrangement of Physical Information Resources

Appendix C: Arrangement of Metadata Displays

Glossary

Selected Bibliography

Index

Editorial Reviews

With chapters on the many complex methods one must deal with to maintain the integrity of original documents, items, and other important subjects, The Organization of Information is complete and comprehensive in its application. The Organization of Information is enhanced with bibliographies, indexes, glossaries, and more, making it an absolute must for any archive which wants to serve its purpose well.” —The Midwest Book Review

“While the text covers the theory, principles, standards, and tools behind information organization in all types of environments, the main focus is on libraries. The text has been reorganized and extensively updated throughout, including new and expanded material on indexing, abstracting, archival finding aids, museum databases, metadata models, XML and XML schemas, the future of MARC, discovery interfaces to information systems, next generation catalogs, new metadata standards (DACS, CCO, CDWA, and FRBR), bibliographic relationships and authority control, the aboutness of an information resource, issues related to tagging, the nature of categories and classification, and clustering.” —Reference & Research Book News

“This work is highly recommended for anyone seeking to know more about the organization of information.” —ARBA

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