[Asis-l] (New Book) The Taxobook: History, Theories, and Concepts of Knowledge Organization

[Shane Clyburn]

I am pleased to announce the latest title in Morgan & Claypool’s series on
Information Concepts, Retrieval, and Services :

 

The Taxobook: History, Theories, and Concepts of Knowledge Organization

Part 1 of a 3-Part Series 

Marjorie Hlava, Access Innovations, Inc.

Paperback ISBN: 9781627055789, $40.00
eBook ISBN: 9781627055796
October 2014, 80 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.2200/S00602ED1V01Y201410ICR035 

 

Abstract:

This is the first volume in a series about creating and maintaining
taxonomies and their practical applications, especially in search functions.

In Book 1 (The Taxobook: History, Theories, and Concepts of Knowledge
Organization), the author introduces the very foundations of classification,
starting with the ancient Greek philosophers Plato and Aristotle, as well as
Theophrastus and the Roman Pliny the Elder. They were first in a line of
distinguished thinkers and philosophers to ponder the organization of the
world around them and attempt to apply a structure or framework to that
world.

The author continues by discussing the works and theories of several other
philosophers from Medieval and Renaissance times, including Saints Aquinas
and Augustine, William of Occam, Andrea Cesalpino, Carl Linnaeus, and René
Descartes.

In the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, John Locke, Immanuel Kant, James
Frederick Ferrier, Charles Ammi Cutter, and Melvil Dewey contributed greatly
to the theories of classification systems and knowledge organization. Cutter
and Dewey, especially, created systems that are still in use today.

Chapter 8 covers the contributions of Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan, who is
considered by many to be the “father of modern library science.” He created
the concept of faceted vocabularies, which are widely used—even if they are
not well understood—on many e-commerce websites.

Following the discussions and historical review, the author has included a
glossary that covers all three books of this series so that it can be
referenced as you work your way through the second and third volumes. The
author believes that it is important to understand the history of knowledge
organization and the differing viewpoints of various philosophers—even if
that understanding is only that the differing viewpoints simply exist.
Knowing the differing viewpoints will help answer the fundamental questions:
Why do we want to build taxonomies? How do we build them to serve multiple
points of view?

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Series: Synthesis Series on Information Concepts, Retrieval, and Services

Series Editor: Gary Marchionini, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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