The Organization of Information (2009)

by Arlene G. Taylor

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Series: Library and information science text series

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The extensively revised and completely updated second edition of this popular textbook provides LIS practitioners and students with a vital guide to the organization of information. After a broad overview of the concept and its role in human endeavors, Taylor proceeds to a detailed and insightful discussion of such basic retrieval tools as bibliographies, catalogs, indexes, finding aids, registers, databases, major bibliographic utilities, and other organizing entities. After tracing the development of the organization of recorded information in Western civilization from 2000 B.C.E. to the present, the author addresses topics that include encoding standards (MARC, SGML, and various DTDs), metadata (description, access, and access control), verbal subject analysis including controlled vocabularies and ontologies, classification theory and methodology, arrangement and display, and system design.… (more)

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I just finished a course on Information Organization with one of the authors, Professor Joudrey. I'm glad I took this required course/read this book in the first semester of my MLIS program because it has given me a foundation for understanding information organization in the past and present, with projections into the future -- in libraries, archives, and online.

Appendices offer helpful examples of concepts presented in various chapters and the glossary & index (when I remembered to use them) saved me from banging my head against the wall during several assignments. It feels like I absorbed only a small percentage of the information and will keep this textbook on my shelves for reference.

This is an aside, but one thing I did quickly learn is that the profession of library science is as acronym-heavy as the United States military. This makes sense considering they're both systems-oriented and uber-organized (at least in theory). (

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Chris.Wolak | Oct 13, 2022 |

great information for graduate students

muhammadali_lis | Sep 9, 2022 |

For student

qandeelasghar | Sep 7, 2022 |

Comprehensive textbook, with just the right mix for information classification, including history (the hand written card catalogs) and modern database coding.

Bermudacat | Jun 19, 2018 |

Has a lot of technical data and sometimes requires reading and re-reading passages. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Arlene G. Taylor	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Joudrey, Daniel N.	Author	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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The Organization of Information

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The Organization of Information

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Organization of Information

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2009

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Melvil Dewey

S. R. Ranganathan

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Library of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt

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Invention of the printing press

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To Wayne, who makes life easier and much more enjoyable

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This chapter gives an overview of the field of the organization of recorded information.

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The extensively revised and completely updated second edition of this popular textbook provides LIS practitioners and students with a vital guide to the organization of information. After a broad overview of the concept and its role in human endeavors, Taylor proceeds to a detailed and insightful discussion of such basic retrieval tools as bibliographies, catalogs, indexes, finding aids, registers, databases, major bibliographic utilities, and other organizing entities. After tracing the development of the organization of recorded information in Western civilization from 2000 B.C.E. to the present, the author addresses topics that include encoding standards (MARC, SGML, and various DTDs), metadata (description, access, and access control), verbal subject analysis including controlled vocabularies and ontologies, classification theory and methodology, arrangement and display, and system design.

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This book was required reading for MLIS 4010, Organization of Information, which I took in the fall of 2012. I found it difficult to read, but a good reference to utilize.

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My information
Cannot be organized well
Without this book's help
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Lacking instruction
Acronym alphabet soup
Tedium abounds
(JenS1234)