Friday, September 11, 2009

804 first weekend

Theory of Organization of Information



Classification: putting a letter and number scheme to something to put things in a particular order



Categorizing: putting things into categories "we do it all the time"? (I believe this means a looser fit organization, like a blog tagging system)



Annotated Bibliography: What is this?



There used to be a position in most libraries called "Bibliographer." These individuals would pick a core area of speciality, i.e. French Fiction or the Spanish War, and write bibliographies. These positions have largely disappeared due to lack of funding.



The supermarket experience:

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