[Sigia-l] A Simplified Model for Facet Analysis

[Victor Lombardi]

In the new issue of the ASIST Bulletin [1 ] James
Kalbach concludes in "IA, Therefore I Am" that IA and
librarianship "...lack a real interdisciplinary
connection. This paper, then, serves as a call for
more cross-pollination of ideas and activites between
the two fields."

In the spirit of connecting these fields AIfIA is
pleased to make freely available Louise Spiteri's
oft-cited "A Simplified Model for Facet Analysis" 
http://aifia.org/pg/a_simplified_model_for_facet_analysis.php

In it she writes, "The purpose of this study is to
propose a simplified model for facet analysis that
incorporates the principles of facet analysis proposed
by both Ranganathan and the CRG. The purpose of this
simplified model is to act primarily as a teaching
tool to introduce LIS students to a consolidated, and
hopefully easy-to-read, classification model that will
enable them to understand how faceted classification
systems are designed and how they work."

I hope you find it helpful and enjoyable.

[1 ]http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Feb-03/ASISTFebMar.pdf

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Victor Lombardi
http://www.noisebetweenstations.com

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