Beschreibung:
Provides an exploration of the future direction of classification, with contributions from a distinguished list of practitioners and theorists who have made a mark upon the field of classification.
Contents: Introduction, Rita Marcella and Arthur Maltby; Do we still need classification?, Eric Hunter; Organizing knowledge: the need for system and unity, Arthur Maltby and Rita Marcella; Can classification yield an evaluative principle for information retrieval?, Julian Warner; Information technology and new directions, Robert Newton; Classification and the Internet, Alan MacLennan; The future of faceted classification, A.C. Foskett; The Dewey Decimal Classification in the twenty-first century, Joan S. Mitchell; UDC in the twenty-first century, I.C. McIlwaine; The Library of Congress Classification, Lois Mai Chan and Theodora L. Hodges; Sources for investigating the development of bibliographic classification, M.P. Satija; Index.