Contents

List of figures

Introduction

List of acronyms and abbreviations

Part I  Information Basics

1  Contexts for the organization of knowledge

Introduction

Defining Information and Knowledge

The 7 Rs of Information Management

Information Processing, Information Management and Knowledge Management

Summary

2  Formatting and structuring 2 knowledge

Introduction

Information and Its Uses

Knowledge, Information and Data

Tools for Organizing Information

Databases

Text and Multimedia

Documents

Bibliographic Relationships

Text Analysis

Text Markup and Metadata

Summary

Part II  Records

3  Describing documents

Introduction

Characteristics and Problems of Document Representation

Citations

Abstracts

Record Formats in Abstracting and Indexing Services

Bibliographic Record Formats

The MARC Record Format

The Common Communications Format

Record Formats in Local Systems

Summary

Part III  Access

4  Users and interfaces

Introduction

Users

The Processes of Searching and Indexing

Search Strategies

Interface Design

Summary

5  Indexing and searching languages

Introduction

Approaches to Subject Retrieval

Features of Retrieval Systems

Search Facilities in Post-Coordinate Searching

Principles of Language Control

Facet Analysis

Displaying the Thesaurus

Thesaurus Use

Summary

6  Pre-coordination and subject adadings

Introduction

Syntax and Pre-Coordination

Traditional Cutter-Based Subject Headings Lists

Library of Congress Subject Headings

Facet Analysis and Subject Headings

Access From Subordinate Terms in Subject Headings

Assigning Subject Headings

Summary

7  Classification and systematic order

Introduction

Categories, Hierarchies and Systematic Arrangement

Bibliographic Classification

Component Parts of a Classification Scheme

Schedules

Other Components

The Classification Process

Summary

8  Bibliographie classification scheses

Introduction

The Dewey Decimal Classification

Library of Congress Classification

Other General Classifications

Modifying Published Classification Schemes

Special Classification Schemes

Summary

9  Access points in catalogues and bibliographies

Introduction

What is a Catalogue?

Functions of Catalogues

Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules

Choice of Access Points

Headings for Persons

Corporate Bodies

Uniform Titles: 25 (51-55)

Discussion

Summary

Part IV  Systems

10  System contexts for knowledge organization

Introduction

Public Access Systems

Online Search Services

CD-Roms

Online Public Access Catalogues

Summary

11  The Internet and its applications

Introduction

The Internet

Searching the Internet

Creating and Maintaining a Web Site

Establishing a Subject Gateway

Document Publishing on the Web

Challenges for the Internet

Summary

12  Manual information retrieval systems

Introduction

Document Arrangement

Manual and Computerized Catalogues and Indexes Compared

Printed Catalogues (Including Card and Microforms)

Creating and Searching Printed Indexes

Book Indexing

Filing Order and Sequences

Summary

13  Management of systems for the organization of knowledge

Introduction

Evaluation of Systems for the Organization of Knowledge and Information Retrieval

Maintaining Databases and Authority Control

Managing Systems for Knowledge Organization

Evolving and Migrating Systems

Organizations in Knowledge Organization and Delivery

Summary

Index