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Library Classification and Browsing
The Conjunction of Readers and Documents

Snunith Shoham

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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.


List of Tables Preface 1 Technology and Concepts of Knowledge Organization Technology and Society Technology and the Library 2 Shelf Arrangement: Storage 3 Shelf Arrangement: Intellectual Classification 4 Access to the Shelves 5 The Accessibility of Materials Factors Connected to Physical Aspects of the Library and the Organization of its Materials Factors Connected to Library Policy Factors Connected to the Method of Stock Management Factors Connected to the Intellectual System of Organizing the Materials 6 Concepts of Browsing 7 Browsing as an Information Retrieval Tool Effectiveness of Browsing 8 The Conjunction of Readers and Documents Documentation Accessibility Channels of Mediation Encounters without Mediatory Tools Bibliography Index
“This book will be a great asset to library science faculty, students, and library users in understanding the theoretical concepts of knowledge, organization, and planning.” Library Times International “Readers benefit from the author’s historical overview of libraries, library classification and books.” American Reference Books Annual

Publication Details

	Hardback ISBN:		978-1-902210-55-1

	Page Extent / Format:		192 pp. / 229 x 152 mm
	Release Date:		September 2000
	Illustrated:		No
	Hardback Price:		£35.00 / $45.00


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