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  1. Coleman, A.S.: ¬A code for classifiers : whatever happened to Merrill's code? (2004) 0.02 
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    Abstract
    The work titled Code for CIassifiers by William Stetson Merrill is examined. The development of Merrill's Code over a period of 27 years, 1912-1939 is traced by examining bibliographic, attribution, conceptual and contextual differentes. The general principles advocated, the differentes between variants, and three controversial features of the Code: 1) the distinction between classifying vs. classification, 2) borrowing of the bibliographic principle of authorial intention, and 3) use of Dewey Decimal class numbers for classified sequence of topics, are also discussed. The paper reveals the importance of the Code in its own time, the complexities of its presentation and assessment by its contemporaries, and it's status today.
  2. Coleman, A.S.: Scientific models as works (2002) 0.02 
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    Abstract
    This paper is about important artifacts of scientific research, namely models. I propose that the representations of scientific models be treated as works. Bibliographic families of models may better reflect disciplinary intellectual structures and relationships, thereby providing information retrieval that is reflective of human information seeking and use purposes such as teaching and learning. Two examples of scientific models are presented using the Dublin Core metadata elements.
  3. Coleman, A.S.: William Stetson Merrill and bricolage for information studies (2006) 0.01 
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    Abstract
    Purpose - This paper examines William Stetson Merrill, the compiler of A Code for Classifiers and a Newberry Library employee (1889-1930) in an attempt to glean lessons for modern information studies from an early librarian's career. Design/methodology/approach - Merrill's career at the Newberry Library and three editions of the code are briefly examined using historical, bibliographic, and conceptual methods. Primary and secondary sources in archives and libraries are summarized to provide insight into Merrill's attempts to develop or modify tools to solve the knowledge organization problems he faced. The concept of bricolage, developed by Levi-Strauss to explain modalities of thinking, is applied to Merrill's career. Excerpts from his works and reminisces are used to explain Merrill as a bricoleur and highlight the characteristics of bricolage. Findings - Findings show that Merrill worked collaboratively to collocate and integrate a variety of ideas from a diverse group of librarians such as Cutter, Pettee, Poole, Kelley, Rudolph, and Fellows. Bliss and Ranganathan were aware of the code but the extent to which they were influenced by it remains to be explored. Although this is an anachronistic evaluation, Merrill serves as an example of the archetypal information scientist who improvises and integrates methods from bibliography, cataloging, classification, and indexing to solve problems of information retrieval and design usable information products and services for human consumption. Originality/value - Bricolage offers great potential to information practitioners and researchers today as we continue to try and find user-centered solutions to the problems of digital information organization and services.
  4. Coleman, A.S.; Bracke, P.: Controlled vocabularies as a sphere of influence (2006) 0.01 
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    Abstract
    This study presents the results of a citation study of GeoRef articles with descriptors that represent the concept of "controlled vocabularies" a specialized area of study within Library and information Science to understand the use of this concept in Geographic Information Science (GIS) and distinguish information science concepts from information technology. Papers with pre-selected descriptors that represented the concept of "controlled vocabularies" from GeoRef were selected for a citation study that used bibliographic coupling and content analysis of the article titles and abstracts to draw clusters and understand the influence of the concept of controlled vocabularies in a geo-science discipline. The results from this analysis provide one perspective of the LIS sub-domain of "controlled vocabularies" as represented in GeoRef and used in the context of GIS research and scholarship. Findings are used to suggest future research directions to address issues related to better understanding of the concept of "controlled vocabularies" and the provision of knowledge organization tools that will promote interdisciplinary understanding. The creation of special. more-finely grained in-depth classifications and thesauri for the concept itself.

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