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(2013), "2012 Awards for Excellence", Journal of Documentation, Vol. 69 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/jd.2013.27869aaa.001
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:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2013, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2012 Awards for Excellence
Article Type: 2012 Awards for Excellence From: Journal of Documentation, Volume 69, Issue 1
The following article was selected for this year's Outstanding Paper Award for Journal of Documentation
"The modernity of classification''
Jens-Erik MaiFaculty of Information, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to explore the modernity of current classification theory and work, and outline a foundation for moving classification toward a late-modern conception.
Design/methodology/approach - The paper examines the conceptual foundation for current modern classification work, provides critical analysis of that approach, and outlines three conflicts with modernity that shape the path out of the consequences of modernity.
Findings - The paper presents an understanding of classification that establishes classification on a late-modern epistemology, and it lays the contours of how to reclaim the intellectual core of classification theory and work.
Originality/value - The paper establishes a foundation for rethinking classification work, outlines consequences of current mainstream work, and provides concept for developing late-modern classification theory and practice.
Keywords: Classification, Epistemology, Late-modernity, Modernity, Philosophical concepts
www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/00220411111145061
This article originally appeared in Volume 67 Number 4, 2011, pp. 710-30, Journal of Documentation
The following articles were selected for this year's Highly Commended Award
``A longitudinal study of changes in learners' cognitive states during and following an information literacy teaching intervention''
Geoff WaltonMark Hepworth
This article originally appeared in Volume 67 Number 3, 2011, Journal of Documentation
``A genealogy of digital humanities''
Marija Dalbello
This article originally appeared in Volume 67 Number 6, 2011, Journal of Documentation
``How information systems communicate as documents: the concept of authorial voice''
Melanie Feinberg
This article originally appeared in Volume 67 Number 6, 2011, Journal of Documentation