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The Organization of Information (Library and Information Science Text Series) 4th Edition

by Daniel N. Joudrey (Author), Arlene G. Taylor (Author)
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This fourth edition provides an updated look at information organization, featuring coverage of the Semantic Web, linked data, and EAC-CPF; new metadata models such as IFLA-LRM and RiC; and new perspectives on RDA and its implementation.

This latest edition of The Organization of Information is a key resource for anyone in the beginning stages of their LIS career as well as longstanding professionals and paraprofessionals seeking accurate, clear, and up-to-date guidance on information organization activities across the discipline. The book begins with a historical look at information organization methods, covering libraries, archives, museums, and online settings. It then addresses the types of retrieval tools used throughout the discipline―catalogs, finding aids, indexes, bibliographies, and search engines―before describing the functionality of systems, explaining the basic principles of system design, and defining how they affect information organization. The principles and functionality of metadata is next, with coverage of the types, functions, tools, and models (particularly FRBR, IFLA-LRM, RDF) and how encoding works for use and sharing―for example, MARC, XML schemas, and linked data approaches.

The latter portion of the resource describes specific activities related to the creation of metadata for resources. These chapters offer an overview of the major issues, challenges, and standards used in the information professions, addressing topics such as resource description (including standards found in RDA, DACS, and CCO), access points, authority control, subject analysis, controlled vocabularies―notably LCSH, MeSH, Sears, and AAT―and categorization systems such as DDC and LCC.

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  4. Publisher
    Libraries Unlimited
  5. Publication date
    November 27, 2017
  6. Part of series
    Library and Information Science Text
  7. Language
    English
  8. Dimensions
    7 x 1.7 x 9.95 inches
  9. Print length
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Daniel N. Joudrey, MLIS, PhD, is professor in the School of Library and Information Science, Simmons College, Boston, MA, where he teaches information organization, subject cataloging and classification, and descriptive cataloging.

Arlene G. Taylor, MSLS, PhD, is professor emerita, School of Information Sciences, University of Pittsburgh. Her experience as a library school educator covered more than 30 years, and she was active in the American Library Association for more than 30 years.

Katherine M. Wisser, MA, MSLS, PhD, is associate professor at the School of Library and Information Science, Simmons College, Boston, MA, where she teaches information organization, archival access and use, metadata, indexing and thesaurus construction, and the history of libraries.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 1598848585
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Libraries Unlimited; 4th edition (November 27, 2017)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 744 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781598848588
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1598848588
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 1.7 x 9.95 inches
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DANIEL N. JOUDREY, MLIS, Ph.D., is Professor, School of Library and Information Science, Simmons University, Boston, Massachusetts, where he teaches information organization, subject cataloging and classification, and descriptive cataloging. His published works include the 11th edition of Introduction to Cataloging and Classification; the 3rd and 4th editions of The Organization of Information; “Cataloging,” in the 4th edition of The Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science; and articles on cataloging education. His research interests include aboutness determination, subject access to information, and cataloging education. He holds an MLIS and a PhD from the School of Information Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh, where his studies focused on subject cataloging, particularly that of determining aboutness.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Add This Book To Your LIS or Library Science Bookshelf
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Got this book for a course I took at University in Library and Information Science. The text is lucid and the writers make it clear what it really means to organize information in order to facilitate the retrieval of information resources (e.g. books, ebooks, audio-visual, even electronic documents). For students in a LIS or Library Science program, this book is a valuable text you need to really consider adding to your academic bookshelft
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4.0 out of 5 stars Great read!
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I purchased the electronic version of this textbook, in large part because I wanted to save time by being able to copy/paste portions of the textbook for my assignments (as opposed to slowly typing each quotation out manually). To date, I have, at most, used the copy/paste function 20 times, maybe as few as 10 times. Suddenly, the copy/paste option disappeared. After some research, it appears that this is something that is set by the publisher.

That is not an acceptable limit for someone talking a college course. I am not copying large portions of the text - just a few times for each assignment to back up my argument with key portions of the text.

I feel robbed. I would not have purchased this here if the copy/paste limit had been clearly displayed in the product information, as it ought to be.
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For a book that is about organization of information, this was very confusing and disorganized. I know it’s a pretty dry subject, but I put me asleep every single time I read it.
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