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. Cataloging authority Broughton leads the novice classifier step by step through the basics of subject cataloging, with an emphasis on practical document analysis and classification. Her book 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. Key areas covered include:
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<li>the need for classification;</li>
<li>the variety of classification;</li>
<li>the structure of classification;</li>
<li>working with informal classification;</li>
<li>management aspects of classification; and</li>
<li>classification in digital space.</li>
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Fully updated to reflect changes to the major general schemes (Library of Congress, LCSH, Dewey and UDC) since the first edition, and with added chapters on working with informal classification, from folksonomies to tagging and social media, this new edition will set catalogers on the right path.

Essential Classification

Broughton, Vanda

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ALA Neal-Schuman

Describes a variety of library classification systems, including the Library of Congress, Dewey Decimal Classification, Universal Decimal Classification, and faceted classification.

Neal Schuman Pub

Describes a variety of library classification systems, including the Library of Congress, Dewey Decimal Classification, Universal Decimal Classification, and faceted classification.

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Facet Publishing

Business & Money

Management & Leadership

This practical text examines the criteria relevant to the selection of a subject management system, describing the characteristics of some common types of subject tool, and taking the novice step-by-step through the process of creating a system for a specialist environment.

Essential Thesaurus Construction (Facet Publications (All Titles as Published))

Computers & Technology

Networking & Cloud Computing

LCSH are increasingly seen as 'the' English language controlled vocabulary, despite their lack of a theoretical foundation, and their evident US bias. In mapping exercises between national subject heading lists, and in exercises in digital resource organization and management, LCSH are often chosen because of the lack of any other widely accepted English language standard for subject cataloguing. It is therefore important that the basic nature of LCSH, their advantages, and their limitations, are well understood both by LIS practitioners and those in the wider information community. Information professionals who attended library school before 1995 - and many more recent library school graduates - are unlikely to have had a formal introduction to LCSH. Paraprofessionals who undertake cataloguing are similarly unlikely to have enjoyed an induction to the broad principles of LCSH. There is currently no compact guide to LCSH written from a UK viewpoint, and this eminently practical text fills that gap. It features topics including: background and history of LCSH; subject heading lists; structure and display in LCSH; form of entry; application of LCSH; document analysis; main headings; topical, geographical and free-floating sub-divisions; building compound headings; name headings; headings for literature, art, music, history and law; and, LCSH in the online environment. There is a strong emphasis throughout on worked examples and practical exercises in the application of the scheme, and a full glossary of terms is supplied. No prior knowledge or experience of subject cataloguing is assumed. This is an indispensable guide to LCSH for practitioners and students alike from a well-known and popular author.

Essential Library of Congress Subject Headings

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Essential Classification

Essential Classification

Essential Classification

Essential Classification

Essential Classification

Essential Thesaurus Construction (Facet Publications (All Titles as Published))

Essential Library of Congress Subject Headings