TY - JOUR
T1 - The terminological and disciplinary origins of information and knowledge organization
AU - Hider, Philip
N1 - Includes bibliographical references.
PY - 2018/10/22
Y1 - 2018/10/22
N2 - The intellectual origins of information organization (IO) as a field of study are examined by tracing the use of the terms, "information organization", "knowledge organization", "bibliographic control", and their variants, and by surveying the educational texts dealing with the various component activities of IO, along with reports and discussions of corresponding curricula, across the twentieth century. Analysis reveals that the notion of a single, composite field covering cataloguing, classification, indexing and the other IO activities, only became established in the late twentieth century, mirroring the broadening of the Library and Information Science curriculum toward that advocated by the "iSchool" movement. Prior to this, three phases of curriculum development are identified: the teaching of cataloguing and classification as distinct fields in the initial decades of Library Science education; these two activities then being taught as the combined field of "cat and class"; and, a growing coverage of other activities of "bibliographic control" from the 1960s onwards, such as those emphasizing the "subject approach" to IO. This last phase can be seen as a precursor to the establishment of IO as a generic field of study. The validity and prospects of the field are discussed in light of the historical account.
AB - The intellectual origins of information organization (IO) as a field of study are examined by tracing the use of the terms, "information organization", "knowledge organization", "bibliographic control", and their variants, and by surveying the educational texts dealing with the various component activities of IO, along with reports and discussions of corresponding curricula, across the twentieth century. Analysis reveals that the notion of a single, composite field covering cataloguing, classification, indexing and the other IO activities, only became established in the late twentieth century, mirroring the broadening of the Library and Information Science curriculum toward that advocated by the "iSchool" movement. Prior to this, three phases of curriculum development are identified: the teaching of cataloguing and classification as distinct fields in the initial decades of Library Science education; these two activities then being taught as the combined field of "cat and class"; and, a growing coverage of other activities of "bibliographic control" from the 1960s onwards, such as those emphasizing the "subject approach" to IO. This last phase can be seen as a precursor to the establishment of IO as a generic field of study. The validity and prospects of the field are discussed in light of the historical account.
KW - Bibliographic control
KW - Cataloguing
KW - Classification
KW - Curriculum
KW - Educational history
KW - Etymology
KW - Information organization
KW - Knowledge organization
KW - Textbooks
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U2 - 10.3233/EFI-180165
DO - 10.3233/EFI-180165
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85056345174
SN - 0167-8329
VL - 34
SP - 135
EP - 161
JO - Education for Information
JF - Education for Information
IS - 2
ER -