Library Classification and Browsing The Conjunction of Readers and Documents

by Shoham, Snunith

• ISBN13: 9781902210551
• ISBN10: 1902210557
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-09-01
• Publisher: Sussex Academic Press

Summary

Presents a detailed description of the various 'meeting points' between reader and material; traces the historical and technological developments that provide the background for the 'meeting'; and explores the factors that influenced both the physical form and the informational content of documents. Concepts of library material classification are reviewed from the libraries of antiquity to those of the 1990s. the main focus is on the important role played by browsing, a common information-seeking behaviour of library and information centre users. This book sheds light on the most common of human behavior patterns, and is intended for students, researchers and practitioners in the field of Library and Information Science. the book includes chapters on: Technology and the Theoretical Concepts of Knowledge Organization; Shelf Arrangement; Access to Shelves; Concepts of Browsing; and Browsing as an Information Retrieval Tool.

Author Biography

Snunith Shoham is Professor and Head of Department of Information Studies and Librarianship, Bar-lian University, Israel.

Table of Contents

List of Tables	vii
Preface	viii
Technology and Concepts of Knowledge Organization	1	(14)
Technology and Society	2	(5)
Technology and the Library	7	(8)
Shelf Arrangement: Storage	15	(18)
Shelf Arrangement: Intellectual Classification	33	(24)
Access to the Shelves	57	(18)
The Accessibility of Materials	75	(16)
Factors Connected to Physical Aspects of the Library and the Organization of its Materials	76	(4)
Factors Connected to Library Policy	80	(1)
Factors Connected to the Method of Stock Management	81	(2)
Factors Connected to the Intellectual System of Organizing the Materials	83	(8)
Concepts of Browsing	91	(12)
Browsing as an Information Retrieval Tool	103	(20)
Effectiveness of Browsing	116	(7)
The Conjunction of Readers and Documents	123	(16)
Documentation	123	(1)
Accessibility	124	(1)
Channels of Mediation	125	(8)
Encounters without Mediatory Tools	133	(6)
Bibliography	139	(20)
Index	159