How to Catalogue a Library - Couverture souple

Wheatley, Henry Benjamim

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1108021484 ISBN 13 : 9781108021487

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2010

Synopsis

A still useful book on nineteenth-century theories of organisation of knowledge and information retrieval, first published in 1889.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Henry Benjamin Wheatley (1838–1917) was a prolific writer on bibliography, literature and the arts. As founder of the Index Society, and editor of The Bibliographer, he was also involved in the foundation of the Library Association. In that context he wrote several works on library topics. How to Catalogue a Library (1889) was aimed at smaller library collections, as existing systems, such as the manuals of the British Museum library or the Library of Congress, were too elaborate for smaller collections. Wheatley begins by defining the differences between catalogues, indexes and bibliographies, and then compares the existing rules. He discusses the physical form of catalogues and lists the minimum requirements for the catalogue of a small library. He also discusses cataloguing manuscripts and cross-referencing, and provides a useful index of Latin place names. The book contains much on the theory of organisation of information still of relevance today.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1108021484
• ISBN 13: 9781108021487
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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