Information organization
Here are entered works on identifying, describing, and providing access to information-bearing entities in all kinds of environments, such as archives, libraries, museums, offices, and on the Internet, through the gathering of the entities into organized collections and/or through the creation of retrieval tools, such as bibliographies, catalogs, indexes, finding aids, registers, search engines, etc.
See also what's at Wikipedia, your library, or elsewhere.
Broader term:Related term:Narrower terms:Used for:- Information storage and retrieval
- Organization of information
- Knowledge organization
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Digital Images in Education: Realising the Vision (London: JISC Collections, 2007), ed. by Leona Carpenter and Caren Milloy (PDF files with commentary at JISC Collections)- Systems of Knowledge Organization for Digital Libraries: Beyond Traditional Authority Files (2000), by Gail M. Hodge (PDF at clir.org)
- Introduction to Metadata (online edition 3.0, 2008), ed. by Murtha Baca, contrib. by Tony Gill, Anne Gilliland, Maureen Whalen, and Mary S. Woodley (HTML with commentary at getty.edu)
- Précis Writing for Beginners (London: Blackie and Son, ca.1917), by Guy Noel Pocock (multiple formats at archive.org)
- A Progressive Course of Précis Writing (1913), by Frederick Eden Robeson (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Indexing and Précis Writing (London: Macmillan, 1908), by G. B. Beak (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Usefulness of Analytic Abstracts (1922), by Gordon S. Fulcher (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records: Final Report (original 1998 report, plus amended version of 2009), by IFLA Study Group on the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (HTML and PDF at ifla.org)
- The Changing Nature of the Catalog and its Integration with Other Discovery Tools (final report to Library of Congress, 2006), by Karen Calhoun (PDF at loc.gov)
- Understanding MARC Authority Records: Machine-Readable Cataloging (c2004), by Library of Congress (HTML at loc.gov)
- Understanding MARC Bibliographic: Machine-Readable Cataloging, by Betty Furrie (HTML at loc.gov)
- CONSER Editing Guide (based on the 1994 edition), by Library of Congress
- Cataloging Cultural Objects: A Guide to Describing Cultural Works and Their Images (Chicago: American Library Association, c2006), ed. by Murtha Baca, Patricia Harpring, Elisa Lanzi, Linda McRae, and Ann Baird Whiteside (PDF files at vrafoundatino.org)
- Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Serials) (2008), by Association of College and Research Libraries Rare Books and Manuscripts Section Bibliographic Standards Committee, contrib. by Library of Congress Cataloging Policy and Support Office (PDF with commentary at rbms.info)
- Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Graphics) (2013), by Association of College and Research Libraries Rare Books and Manuscripts Section Bibliographic Standards Committee, contrib. by Library of Congress Policy and Standards Division and Elisabeth Betz Parker (PDF with commentary at rbns.info)
- Encoded Archival Description Tag Library (current version, which at time of cataloging was EAD3 1.1.0, edition 2018), by Society of American Archivists Technical Subcommittee for Encoded Archival Description (HTML and PDF with commentary at loc.gov)
- Encoded Archival Description Tag Library (version 2002, revised edition (but later superseded); Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 2003), by Society of American Archivists Encoded Archival Description Working Group and Library of Congress Network Development and MARC Standards Office (PDF at archivists.org)
- The DEI Metadata Handbook: A Guide to Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Description (Ames, IA: Iowa State University Digital Press, c2024), by h. e. wintermute, Heather M. Campbell, Christopher Dieckman, Nausicaa L. Rose, and Hema Thulsidhos (HTML and PDF with commentary at Iowa State)
- A Guide to Conscious Editing at Wilson Special Collections Library (first edition; 2022), by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library Conscious Editing Steering Committee (PDF with commentary at UNC)
- Cataloging Service Bulletin (1978-2010), by Library of Congress (full serial archives)
- Rules for a Dictionary Catalogue (third edition; Washington: GPO, 1891), by Charles A. Cutter (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Rules for a Printed Dictionary Catalogue (issued as Part II of Public Libraries of the United States of America; 1876), by Charles A. Cutter
- Public Libraries of the United States: Their History, Condition, and Management (two parts: Part I is a report edited by Warren and Clark; Part II is Cutter's rules for a Dictionary Catalogue; 1876), by United States Bureau of Education, ed. by Samuel R. Warren and S. N. Clark, contrib. by Charles A. Cutter
- CONSER Cataloging Manual (2002 edition), by Library of Congress
- Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Books (second edition; 1991), by Library of Congress (page images at HathiTrust)
- CONSER Cataloging Manual (2002 edition), by Library of Congress
- Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Books) (c2007), by Association of College and Research Libraries Rare Books and Manuscripts Section Bibliographic Standards Committee, contrib. by Library of Congress Policy and Standards Division (PDF with commentary at rbns.info)
- Graphic Materials: Rules for Describing Original Items and Historical Collections (1997 version, updated to 2002), by Elisabeth Betz Parker, contrib. by Library of Congress (multiple formats at loc.gov)
- Cataloging Rules for the Description of Looseleaf Publications, With Special Emphasis on Legal Materials (based on the second edition, 1989), by Adele Hallam (HTML at itsmarc.com)
- Archival Moving Image Materials: A Cataloging Manual (based on the second edition with update 1, 2001), by Library of Congress
- Fantasy Classification System (first edition; Winnipeg, c1952), by A. G. W. Cameron (page images at fanac.org)
- The Best Books: A Reader's Guide to the Choice of the Best Available Books (About 50,000) in Every Department of Science, Art and Literature, With the Dates of the First and Last Editions and the Price, Size, and Publisher's Name of Each Book (second edition, corrected; London: Swan Sonnenschein and Co.; et al., 1901), by William Swan Sonnenschein
- Library of Congress Classification Outline (current edition), by Library of Congress (multiple formats at loc.gov)
- A Reader's Guide to Contemporary Literature: Being the First Supplement to The Best Books (London: S. Sonnenschein and Co.; New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1895), by William Swan Sonnenschein (page images at HathiTrust)
- Fantasy Fiction Decimal Classification (reprinted as a supplement to Dynatron 25; Albuquerque, NM: R. Tackett, ca. 1964), by Jack Speer (PDF at fanac.org)
- Fantasy Fiction Decimal Classification (reprinted as a supplement to Dynatron 25; Albuquerque, NM: R. Tackett, ca. 1964), by Jack Speer (PDF at fanac.org)
- List of Subject Headings for Small Libraries, Including Practical Suggestions for the Beginner in Subject Heading Work (fourth edition reprinted; New York: H. W. Wilson Co., 1941), ed. by Minnie Earl Sears, contrib. by Isabel Stevenson Monro (page images at HathiTrust)
- List of Subject Headings for Small Libraries, Compiled From Lists Used in Nine Representative Small Libraries (third edition; New York: H. W. Wilson Co., 1933), ed. by Minnie Earl Sears (page images at HathiTrust)
- List of Subject Headings for Small Libraries, Compiled From Lists Used in Nine Representative Small Libraries (second edition reprinted; New York: H. W. Wilson Co., 1928), ed. by Minnie Earl Sears (page images at HathiTrust)
- Catalogue of the Library of the Peabody Institute of the City of Baltimore (5 volumes; Baltimore: Press of I. Friedenwald, 1883-1892), by Johns Hopkins University Peabody Institute Library
- Second Catalogue of the Library of the Peabody Institute of the City of Baltimore, Including the Additions Made Since 1882 (8 volumes, 1896-1905), by Johns Hopkins University Peabody Institute Library
- all volumes: page images at HathiTrust
- Part I (A-B): multiple formats at archive.org
- Part II (C-D): multiple formats at archive.org
- Part III (E-G): multiple formats at archive.org
- Part IV (H-K): multiple formats at archive.org
- Part V (L-M): multiple formats at archive.org
- Part VI (N-R): multiple formats at archive.org
- Part VII (S-T): multiple formats at archive.org
- Part VIII (U-Z): multiple formats at archive.org
- Introduction to Art Image Access: Issues, Tools, Standards, and Strategies (Los Angeles: Getty Information Institute, c2002), ed. by Murtha Baca, contrib. by Patricia Harpring, Colum Hourihane, Sara Shatford Layne, and Christine L. Sundt (PDF and page images with commentary at getty.edu and Google)
- Tutorial Sessions on Indexing (Drexel Library School Series #24; Philadelphia: Drexel Press, 1967), ed. by Barbara Flood (page images at HathiTrust)
- Citation Indexing: Its Theory and Application in Science, Technology, and Humanities, by Eugene Garfield (linked PDF files here at Penn)
- Indexing and Précis Writing (London: Macmillan, 1908), by G. B. Beak (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Describing Data Patterns: A General Deconstruction of Metadata Standards (PhD dissertation, c2013), by Jakob Voss (PDF files with commentary via aboutdata.org)
- PREMIS Data Dictionary for Preservation Metadata (version 2.1 or later, with supplementary material; v2.1 was published 2011) (PDF with commentary at loc.gov)
- Understanding PREMIS (c2009), by Priscilla Caplan (PDF at loc.gov)
- Introduction to Metadata (online edition 3.0, 2008), ed. by Murtha Baca, contrib. by Tony Gill, Anne Gilliland, Maureen Whalen, and Mary S. Woodley (HTML with commentary at getty.edu)
- Contexts and Contributions: Building the Distributed Library (2006), by Martha L. Brogan (PDF and HTML at diglib.org)
- Creating and Documenting Electronic Texts: A Guide to Good Practice (2000), by Alan S. Morrison, Michael Popham, and Karen Wikander (HTML in the UK)
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