Classification in Theory and Practice (Chandos Series for Information Professionals): Sorting Out Your Library (Chandos Information Professional Series) - Hardcover

Susan Batley

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1843340941 ISBN 13: 9781843340942

Publisher: Chandos Publishing (Oxford) Ltd, 2005

Synopsis

This book covers all of the major library classification schemes in use in Europe, the UK and the US; it includes practical exercises to demonstrate their application. Importantly, classifying electronic resources is also discussed. The aim of the book is to demystify a very complex subject, and to provide a sound theoretical underpinning, together with practical advice and development of practical skills. The book fills the gap between more complex theoretical texts and those books with a purely practical approach. Chapters concentrate purely on classification rather than cataloguing and indexing, ensuring a more in-depth coverage of the topic.

Key Features: covers the latest Dewey Decimal Classification, 22nd edition; provides practical advice on which schemes will be most suitable for different types of library collection; covers classification of electronic resources and taxonomy construction.

Readership: Library and information practitioners; students of librarianship, information studies and information management.

About this title

About the Author

Dr Susan Batley is a senior lecturer at the London Metropolitan University with teaching and research in the areas of organisation and retrieval of information and knowledge resources. Having completed a PhD on factors affecting the retrieval of information from picture databases in 1989, she worked as a subject librarian at the University of East London, before taking up her current post in 1996.

Edition details

• Publisher: Chandos Publishing (Oxford) Ltd
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1843340941
• ISBN 13: 9781843340942
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 196