The Organization of Information: Second Edition (Library and Information Science Text Series)

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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 025 EAN: 9781563089695 ISBN: 1563089696 Label: Libraries Unlimited Manufacturer: Libraries Unlimited Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 448 Publication Date: 2003-11-30 Publisher: Libraries Unlimited Studio: Libraries Unlimited
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Editorial Reviews: 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.
Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Helpful guide for non-technology oriented people. Comment: I am taking a library science class with the same title and the book helps me to understand the vague and abstract concepts offered by the teacher. Usually, any questions that I have in class can be answered by a quick glance in the corresponding chapter. Customer Rating: Summary: Very disorganized presentation Comment: The publisher should have submitted this book to an end user panel for an overhaul on the presenbtation.Semantic maps and webs would do a world of good for the organized presentation of the inforamtion in this book. The current poresentation is chaotic to say the least. Customer Rating: Summary: Required reading, really didn't like it Comment: Only get this if it is required. It's dry reading, and not much fun at all. Customer Rating: Summary: It's OK Comment: I picked up this book because it is listed on virtually all "introduction to library science" classes. I would say that your level of interest in the book is directly proportional to your experience prior to entering library school (or in my case, following along). I found the book to be a bit boring and I often had "well duh!" moments while reading this textbook. For my use, it was a little too basic, however, when someone has had no previous experience with metadata schemes, and information work, it can be a good primer to the profession. I liked the reference section at the end of each chapter that allows me to go more in depth in any topic mentioned on my own time. Customer Rating: Summary: Lack of organization and clarity hurt this title. Comment: I am currently using this text in a class and must say that Taylor could have certainly eased the transition into comprehending this book by putting a little more effort into it. There is a consistent jump from topic to topic, which makes the subject matter a lot less interesting than it really is. Taylor's persistence in creating a schizophrenic reader, by inserting un-necessary topics mid paragraph really hurts the potential that this book had. I've also noticed a poor level of editing and a general lack of clarity in discussing even simple terms. There has to be a better text out there regarding Organization of Information/Knowledge. Don't mis-understand me, Taylor knows her stuff, and has written well in the past, but this feels like an amateurish attempt to sound overly-technical, it really comes looking like a waste of paper. If there isn't anything better, it might be beneficial to whomever attempts it, just about anything else would be on par with this, regardless of who published it. More Reviews