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In this preface I will include explanations of three factors: the intended audience of this book, the structure of the book, and the acknowledgement of many who contributed to its fruition. The Power to Name is intended for two audiences: those interested in knowledge organization and those interested in theoretical study of representation. These two groups come from the perspective of the structure and principles of organization and from the perspective of understanding the cultural ramifications of naming. The first may be those who develop subject representation schemes for a wide range of purposes and those who apply those schemes. They may be librarians, information scientists, web developers or knowledge managers. The second group are likely to be feminist, poststructural and postcolonial theorists who explore the construction of meaning. It is my hope that both of these audiences will find the case of subject representation in library catalogues illuminating in a much wider sense. I have tried to include a modicum of explanation for each audience while avoiding over-explanation for either. This approach will require some patience and some close reading from each? The intellectual structure of the book is introduced in the first chapter. However, in a book on organization of knowledge and information it is important to also explain its internal syndetic structure. I have used some somewhat unconventional approaches. The book contains a fair number of 'manual hyperlinks' - references to earlier discussions of a topic in the form of "see also page . . . " referrals.

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Library automation --- Subject indexing --- Online library catalogs --- Subject cataloging --- Online bibliographic searching --- Information retrieval --- Catalogues de bibliothèques en ligne --- Analyse documentaire --- Recherche documentaire automatisée --- Recherche de l'information --- Subject access --- Data processing --- Accès par sujet --- Informatique --- 025.343 --- 025.35 --- -Subject cataloging --- -Online bibliographic searching --- Information retrieval. --- Data retrieval --- Data storage --- Discovery, Information --- Information discovery --- Information storage and retrieval --- Retrieval of information --- Documentation --- Information science --- Information storage and retrieval systems --- On-line bibliographic searching --- Electronic information resource searching --- Searching, Bibliographical --- Subject analysis --- Cataloging --- Content analysis (Communication) --- Indexing --- Catalogs, On-line --- Library online catalogs --- On-line catalogs (Libraries) --- Online catalogs --- Online public access catalogs (Libraries) --- OPACs (Libraries) --- Library catalogs --- Online information services --- Onderwerpscatalogi --- Catalogus: fysisch: kaartcatalogus; COM-catalogus; online catalogus; OPAC --- 025.35 Catalogus: fysisch: kaartcatalogus; COM-catalogus; online catalogus; OPAC --- 025.343 Onderwerpscatalogi --- Catalogues de bibliothèques en ligne --- Recherche documentaire automatisée --- Accès par sujet --- Subject access in online library catalogs --- Subject retrieval in online library catalogs

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