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Citation
Cronau, D.A. (2005), "Knowledge Organization and Classification in International Information Retrieval", Online Information Review, Vol. 29 No. 5, pp. 565-566. https://doi.org/10.1108/14684520510628972
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2005, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
This book examines current efforts to deal with the increased globalization of information and knowledge. It proceeds through the theoretical foundations and conceptual elements behind knowledge management, addressing areas such as the Internet, multinational resources, translations and information languages. The tools, techniques and case studies provided in this book are designed for anyone interested in bridging the international information retrieval language gap.
The book is divided into four sections that address major themes for internationalized information and knowledge. General Bibliographic Systems discusses how bibliographic classification systems can be adapted for specific subjects, the problems with addressing different language expressions, and the future of these systems. Information Organization in Knowledge Resources explores knowledge organization and classification, focusing mainly on libraries and on the Internet. Linguistics, Terminology, and Natural Language Processing analyzes the latest developments in language processing and the design of information retrieval tools and resources. Knowledge in the World and the World of Knowledge addresses the ontological foundations of knowledge organization and classification and knowledge management in organizations from different cultures.
The books aims to provide the reader with a better understanding about the international efforts to globalize the following:
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The Dewey Decimal Classification.
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The Library of Congress Classification.
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The Universal Decimal Classification.
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Multilingual thesauri.
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Web directories of education‐related resources.
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Human language technology.
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Metadata schema.
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The North American Industry Classification.
Of particular interest is the organization of this book into “problems” and “solutions” for information retrieval for specific linguistic, cultural and domain communities. This is a well‐priced book full of clear and appropriate figures, tables, charts, and diagrams with excellent bibliographies and index. While not a book of broad appeal, it will be of high interest to information educators and practitioners as well as specialists in classification and knowledge organization.