
Organizing Knowledge
An Introduction to Managing Access to Information
Routledge (Publisher)
4th Edition
Published on 28. January 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
392 pages
978-0-7546-4431-6 (ISBN)
Description
The fourth edition of this standard student text, Organizing Knowledge, incorporates extensive revisions reflecting the increasing shift towards a networked and digital information environment, and its impact on documents, information, knowledge, users and managers. Offering a broad-based overview of the approaches and tools used in the structuring and dissemination of knowledge, it is written in an accessible style and well illustrated with figures and examples. The book has been structured into three parts and twelve chapters and has been thoroughly updated throughout. Part I discusses the nature, structuring and description of knowledge. Part II, with its five chapters, lies at the core of the book focusing as it does on access to information. Part III explores different types of knowledge organization systems and considers some of the management issues associated with such systems. Each chapter includes learning objectives, a chapter summary and a list of references for further reading. This is a key introductory text for undergraduate and postgraduate students of information management.
Reviews / Votes
'...can be recommended for any library and information science collection...' Canadian Library Association '...deserves to retain its place as a key introductory textbook in this subject...' Aslib Program 'Organizing Knowledge is in its fourth edition for a good reason. The technology and systems surrounding the topic continue to evolve.' Library Management, Vol 30, No 3More details
Edition
4th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
594 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7546-4431-6 (9780754644316)
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An Introduction to Managing Access to Information
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An Introduction to Managing Access to Information
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Jennifer Rowley | Richard Hartley
Organizing Knowledge
An Introduction to Managing Access to Information
E-Book
05/2017
4th Edition
Routledge
€53.99
Available for download
Persons
Jennifer Rowley is Professor of Information and Communications at Manchester Metropolitan University and Richard Hartley is Professor of Information Science at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.
Content
Contents: Introduction; Part I Structuring and Describing: Knowledge, information and their organization; Formatting and structuring knowledge; Describing documents. Part II Access: Users and behaviour; Subjects as access points; Classification and order; Further concepts and tools for subject access; Access through author names and titles. Part III Systems: Knowledge organization in the digital environment; The evaluation and design of information retrieval systems; Organizing knowledge without IT; Management of knowledge systems; Index.