Exploring Categorization
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https://doi.org/10.5860/lrts.51n4.286Abstract
Debate about the future of library catalogs and cataloging has been, and continues to be, featured in the literature of librarianship. Some research into the ways undergraduate students at one institution assign subjects to selected works provides insight into the cognitive elements of categorization. The design of catalogs can be informed by this research as well as work currently being done on alternative means of organization, such as information systems ontologies.
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