Library Cataloging
Taxonomies
The latest
Information Outlook has the article "Happiness Is Taxonomy: Four Structures for Snoopy" by Katherine Bertolucci. It examines the problems in LC and Dewey classification schemes, in a particular case. She then offers an alternative.
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The Living Taxonomy Project (ltp)
An interesting project brought to my attention by Steven Cohen.The Living Taxonomy Project is a collaborative effort aimed at creating a global set of open source, standards-based taxonomies for education. The purpose of these taxonomies will be to provide...
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Xml
Can XML Drive Taxonomies and Categorization? by Bill Trippe.Content management technology is almost de rigueur now in medium and large organizations, and along with it the problems of information overload. As a result, taxonomy development is now viewed...
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Papers
Some articles in the latest Online Information Review v. 27, no. 4.Meta-tag: a means to control the process of Web indexing by Dariush Alimohammadi Search engines are used to locate information on the Web, but they cannot always adequately meet the information...
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Thesauri
Taxonomy Warehouse is a free service (free to users and free to vocabulary publishers) provided by Synapse, the Knowledge Link Corporation for the benefit of the information and knowledge management community.The Warehouse aims to provide a comprehensive...
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Judaica Cataloging & Classification
The Web page for A Classification System for Libraries of Judaica has some other interesting items. It also includes:The Making of A Classification Scheme for Libraries of Judaica by David Elazar IFLA Council and General Conference 2000 (Jerusalem, Israel)...
Library Cataloging