Library Classification Trends in the 21st Century

<p>Preface</p> <p>Glossary of classification terminology</p> <p>About the author</p> <p>Chapter 1: Knowledge organisation and knowledge organisation systems</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>Knowledge organisation and knowledge organisation systems – history and trends</p> <p>Importance and functions of knowledge organisation systems</p> <p>Chapter 2: Classification and its uses</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>Importance in the digital era</p> <p>Specific uses of classification</p> <p>Chapter 3: Construction of classification schemes</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>Methods of constructing classification schemes</p> <p>Postulational approach and hierarchy</p> <p>Specific approaches to construction of classification schemes</p> <p>Notation</p> <p>Mnemonics</p> <p>Book numbering systems</p> <p>Classification terminology</p> <p>Software for construction of classification schemes</p> <p>Translations of classification schemes</p> <p>Facet analysis and its application</p> <p>Chapter 4: General classification schemes</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>Dewey Decimal Classification</p> <p>Colon Classification</p> <p>Universal Decimal Classification</p> <p>Library of Congress Classification</p> <p>Bliss Bibliographic Classification</p> <p>Subject classification -Brown</p> <p>Other general classification schemes</p> <p>Choice of classification schemes</p> <p>Chapter 5: Special classification schemes and classification of non-bibliographic entities</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>Special classification schemes for specific subjects</p> <p>Special classification schemes for documents in specific forms</p> <p>Classification of non-bibliographic entities</p> <p>Chapter 6: Automatic book classification, reclassification and non-classificatory approaches to knowledge organisation</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>Automatic book classification</p> <p>Reclassification</p> <p>Non-classificatory approaches to knowledge organisation</p> <p>Chapter 7: Classification education</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>Classification education in different countries</p> <p>Chapter 8: Modern knowledge organisation systems and interoperability</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>Thesaurus</p> <p>Taxonomies – meaning</p> <p>Domain-based taxonomies</p> <p>Ontology – meaning</p> <p>Folksonomies – meaning</p> <p>Interoperability – meaning, need and methods</p> <p>Chapter 9: Text categorisation</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>Text categorisation – different nomenclatures</p> <p>Text categorisation of non-English text</p> <p>Tools, models, methods and algorithms used in text categorisation</p> <p>Use of k-NN in text categorisation</p> <p>Use of SVM in text categorisation</p> <p>Hierarchical classification system for text categorisation</p> <p>Uses of text categorisation</p> <p>Chapter 10: Classification: theories, research trends and personalities</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>Classification theories</p> <p>Conferences related to classification</p> <p>Research trends in classification</p> <p>Classification personalities</p> <p>Books on classification published during 1999–2009</p> <p>Reference</p> <p>Index</p>