1st Edition

Organizing Information From the Shelf to the Web

By Chowdhury, Sudatta Chowdhury Copyright 2007
256 Pages
by Facet Publishing

Tomorrow's LIS professionals will have to be conversant with all the tools and techniques for organizing information in different domains - from the traditional library shelf to full-scale digital libraries. This core text covers the organization of the entire spectrum of information, and the principles, tools and techniques needed to do this effectively. The most up-to-date textbook yet... Read more
1. Organizing information: what it means 2. Information organization in non-library environments 3. Cataloguing 4. Bibliographic formats: MARC 21 and others 5. Library classification 6. Subject heading lists and thesauri in information organization 7. Organization of internet information resources 8. Metadata 9. Markup languages 10. Ontology 11. Information architecture 12. The semantic web 13. Information organization: issues and trends.

Biography

Chowdhury, Sudatta Chowdhury