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Knowledge Processing Theory (BLCC205)

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Knowledge Organization (KO) is about activities such as document description, indexing and classification performed in libraries, databases, archives etc. These activities are done by librarians, archivists, subject specialists as well as by computer algorithms. Knowledge Organization (KO) is about activities such as document description, indexing and classification performed in libraries, databases, archives etc. These activities are done by librarians, archivists, subject specialists as well as by computer algorithms. KO as a field of study is concerned with the nature and quality of such knowledge organizing processes (KOP) as well as the knowledge organizing systems (KOS) used to organize documents, document representations and concepts. There exist different historical and theoretical approaches to and theories about KO, which are related to different views of knowledge, cognition, language, and social organization. Each of these approaches tends to answer the question: "What is knowledge organization?" differently. LIS professionals have often concentrated on applying new technology and standards, and may not have seen their work as involving interpretation and analysis of meaning. That is why library classification has been criticized for a lack of substantive intellectual content. Traditional human-based activities are increasingly challenged by computer-based retrieval techniques. It is appropriate to investigate the relative contributions of different approaches; the current challenges make it imperative to reconsider this understanding. This paper offers an understanding of KO based on an explicit theory of knowledge.

What You'll Learn

  • 01 Unit I Subject Cataloguing

    • 1 Knowledge Processing Basics
    • 2 Subject Cataloguing
    • 3 Library of Congress Subject Heading(LCSH)
    • 4 Sears List of Subject Heading
    • 5 Subject Cataloguing by Chain Procedure
  • 02 Unit II Cataloguing – Policies and Programmes

    • 6 Cataloguing Policies and Standards
    • 7 Organization of Cataloguing Department
    • 8 Centralized and Co-operative Cataloguing
    • 9 Union Catalogue – layout, compilation, available services;
    • 10 Limited and selective cataloguing.
  • 03 Unit III Online Cataloguing and Trends in Cataloguing

    • 11 Standardization of Bibliographic Description – ISBDs and Revised ISBD
    • 12 Content designators – Bibliographic formats (CCF/B, MARC 21, and UNIMARC) and Authority record formats (MARC 21 authority format);
    • 13 Union cataloguing activities – WorldCat of OCLC, RLIN, RedLightGreen, Union catalogues of INFLIBNET, DELNET etc;
    • 14 Cataloguing modules of library automation packages – Requirements, Features, Authority files etc
    • 15 Trends in cataloguing – IME/ICC principles, FRBR, FRAD, RDA, Bibliographic relationships, Web-OPAC
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