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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. Essential Classification leads the novice classifier step by step through the basics of subject cataloguing, with an emphasis on practical document analysis and classification. It 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. Fully updated to reflect changes to the major general schemes (Library of Congress, LCSH, Dewey and UDC) since the first edition, and with new chapters on working with informal classification, from folksonomies to tagging and social media, this new edition will set cataloguers on the right path.

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Providing effective access to information resources remains a critical role of the information professional in today's digital world. If anything, it has become an even greater challenge, as domains converge and the amount of information available continues to grow exponentially. This book provides a systematic overview of the ways in which information resources are being described so as to facilitate their access across a wide range of contexts. The focus is on metadata used in contemporary systems and environments: Who creates it? How is it created? What makes some better than others? How is it shared? Information Resource Description serves as a primer on the rewarding field of information organization. It integrates the rich traditions of established fields, such as librarianship and archival studies, with emerging ones, such as information architecture and the Semantic Web, to produce a commentary on the enduring value and relevance of indexing and description for those interested in providing quality information. This commentary is based on fundamental concepts represented by key standards such as Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR), Resource Description and Access (RDA), and the Resource Description Framework (RDF). This book is essential reading for LIS students taking information organization courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, information professionals wishing to specialize in the metadata field, and existing metadata specialists who wish to update their knowledge.

Metadata --- Information resources management --- Information retrieval --- Digital libraries --- Métadonnées --- Gestion de l'information --- Recherche de l'information --- Bibliothèques virtuelles --- Computer. Automation --- Information resources management. --- Digital libraries. --- Digital preservation. --- Libraries -- Information technology. --- Libraries -- Technological innovations. --- Metadata. --- metadata --- bibliografisk kontroll --- bibliotek --- informasjonsteknologi --- indeksering --- katalogisering --- digital bevaring --- arkiv --- museer --- vokabularer --- tesauri --- klassifikasjon --- bibliografisk beskrivelse --- Libraries --- Information technology. --- Technological innovations. --- Computer files --- Digital curation --- Digital media --- Electronic preservation --- Preservation of digital information --- Preservation of materials --- Documentation --- Public institutions --- Librarians --- Data about data --- Meta-data --- Information organization --- Conservation and restoration --- Preservation