This title provides a detailed and insightful discussion of basic retrieval tools. This third edition of a modern classic continues to articulate the theory, principles, standards, and tools behind information organization. As with previous editions, it begins with strong justification for the continued importance of organizing principles and practice. Following a broad overview of the concept and its role in human endeavours, the authors provide a detailed and insightful discussion of such basic retrieval tools as inventories, bibliographies, catalogues, indexes, finding aids, registers, databases, major bibliographic utilities, and other organizing entities; and subsequently trace the development of the organization of recorded information in Western civilization from 2000 to the present. Standards of codification (MARC, SGML, and various DTDs), controlled vocabularies and ontologies, and Web 2.0 technologies are but a sample of its extensive topical coverage.This edition includes: restructured and expanded sections on metadata (description, access, and access control) and subject analysis; significant revisions to sections dealing with indexing and abstracting, systems and system design, and authority control (especially FRAR. ); and, improved coverage of archives and archival finding aids, museums and galleries, and digital libraries.Still this is the title of choice for students and professionals eager to embrace the heritage, immediacy, and future of this fascinating field of study.

About the Author

Arlene G. Taylor is professor emerita, School of Information Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, and author of several works on cataloguing and classification and authority control. Aniel N. Joudrey is an assistant professor in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Simmons College, Boston, Massachusetts, where he teaches information organization and cataloguing.

Reviews

"With chapters on the many complex methods one must deal with to maintain the integrity of original documents, items, and other important subjects, The Organization of Information is complete and comprehensive in its application. The Organization of Information is enhanced with bibliographies, indexes, glossaries, and more, making it an absolute must for any archive which wants to serve its purpose well." -

The Midwest Book Review