Library Classification Trends in the 21st Century

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This unique book explores all aspects of library classification, with particular emphasis on the first decade of the 21st century. It reviews literature published on newer applications of classification, including internet resource discovery, automatic book classification, and text categorizations, along with modern classifications such as taxonomies, folksonomies, and ontologies. It will be a valuable reference tool for classification researchers and of special interest to instructors and students in LIS.

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Dr. Rajendra Kumbhar is Associate Professor at the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Pune, India. Dr. Kumbhar has been teaching classification, knowledge organization, vocabulary control and other related topics for more than 20 years. As a part of his doctoral research he compiled a comprehensive classification schedule and thesaurus of LIS and has published books and articles on this topic.