Elaine Svenonius

PDFS1 | Chapter 1 & 4 | Timeline of Information |

Contents
1. Introduction pg. 2
2. Conceptual Framework pg. 2
3. Historical Background pg. 3
4. Philosophical Background pg. 4
5. Systems Philosophy pg. 4
6. Language Philosophy pg. 6
7. Information and Its Embodiments
8. Purpose, Principles, and Problems pg. 10
9. Chapter 4: Bibliographic Records pg. 16
10. The Panizzi Era pg. 16
11. The Card-Catalog Era pg. 17
12. The Electronic Era pg. 17
13. Form and Function of the Bibliographic Record pg. 18
14. https://www.wolframalpha.com/docs/timeline/ | Timeline of Systematic Data and the Development of Computable Knowledge
-- 20,000 BC Arithmetic
-- 15,000 BC Cave Painting
-- 2500 BC: Written Language
-- 3000 BC: Registering Land Ownership
-- 2500 BC
-- 1000 BC

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RT - Ideology
BT - Framework
NT - Organization
UF - To establish a conceptual framework to ensure that the discussion does not become idiosyncratic and anchor the concept to theory.
SN - Chapters 1 & 4 | Timeline of Information included. (This entry does not reference a hierarchical list)… (plus d'informations)

This book is an important addition to the field of LIS which is often criticised for lacking theoretical foundations. In the author’s own words, “instant electronic access to digital information is the single most distinguishing attribute of the information age. The elaborate retrieval mechanisms that support such access are a product of technology,. But technology is not enough. The effectiveness of a system for accessing information is a direct function of the intelligence put into organising it. Just as the practical science of engineering is undergirded by theoretical physics, so too the design of systems for organising information rests on an intellectual foundation”. According to Svenonius (2000, p.68), the major cataloguing principles that are well established in successive iterations of cataloguing practises include: Principle of user convenience, Principle of representation, Principle of sufficiency and necessity, Principle of standardisation, and Principle of integration. The book argues in favour of standardisation and internationalisation. It discusses in adequate detail about bibliographic languages. It also highlights on the history of library cataloguing and provides historical background.… (plus d'informations)