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The work of the information officer [should be] regarded as the natural dynamic extension of that of the librarian.
The aim of an information service is to organise the literature on a systematic basis in order to save the time of research workers.
Classification and indexing in the social sciences (1963)
The same thing can be identified by many different terms, and the same term may mean many different things.
Classification and indexing in the social sciences (1963)
All information services are ultimately based on library methods and materials.
Information service in libraries (1958)
Since books are not their primary source materials, as they are for research in the humanities, most scientists prefer to spend their time on experiments and not on reading.
Information service in libraries (1958)
The purpose of a classification scheme is to arrange information, in documents on shelves or on cards in indexes, in a sequence that will be helpful to the user.
Classification and indexing in the social sciences (1963)
The retrieval process begins when a lack of information shows itself in a human mind and the decision is taken to find out if this information has been discovered and published
Classification and indexing in the social sciences (1963)
Classification is thought of by many librarians as either a fearful complication of a very simply act, or an outmoded, almost prehistoric, method of doing a very complex mathematical task.
The Classification Research Group 1952—1962 (1962)
Scientists are more profitably occupied at the bench that in the library
Information service in libraries (1958)
Information retrieval consists of four main stages: Identifying the exact subject of the search; Locating this subject in a guide which refers the searcher to one or more documents; Locating the documents; Locating the required information in the documents.
Classification and indexing in the social sciences (1963)
In 1948, it was agreed that a study of classification should be made, and a committee of scientists was appointed under the leadership of Professor. J. D. Bernal.
The Classification Research Group 1952—1962 (1962)
Facet analysis consists in an analysis of a subject in its entirety into a certain number of facets or categories of things; within each category, the subject headings enumerated all possess the same relationship vis-&-vis the subject in its entirety.
After a great deal of (quite valuable) discussion, the British Classification Research Group accepted that ‘facet analysis’ must be the basis of a classification scheme able to meet the modern requirements.
to Foskett in: T. Tyaganatarajan (1961)
Douglas Foskett was an outstanding librarian, well known in Britain and overseas. He was one of the thinkers of the library profession, and although devoted to books as such he was also among the first to recognise the potential of automated systems.
Librarians and Information Systems (1995)
Douglas developed a strong interest in the relations between education and classification. He explored the writings of L.S Vygotsky, L. von Bertalanffy (for systems theory), Joseph Needham and J.K. Feibleman and wrote a number of articles on classification and integrative levels.
Librarians and Information Systems (1995)