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Pejtersen, A.M.: Design of a classification scheme for fiction based on an analysis of actual user-librarian communication, and use of the scheme for control of librarians' search strategies (1980)
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- 5. 8.2006 13:22:44
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- Theory and application of information research. Proc. of the 2nd Int. Research Forum on Information Science, 3.-6.8.1977, Copenhagen. Ed.: O. Harbo u, L. Kajberg
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Velthoven, A.: 'Heeft u nog een mooi boek voor mij?' : het adviseren van romanlezers (1994)
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- Abstract
- On 19 Aug 94 a group of readers' advisers met to discuss their problems in Utrecht Provincial Central Library in the Netherlands. The panel felt that too much emphasis had been placed on libraries' information role and that more effort should be devoted to recreational reading through organising lectures and reading groups. It was felt that training sessions should be organised and a network created for the exchange of ideas
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- Bibliotheek en samenleving. 22(1994) no.11, S.22-23
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Becnel, K.; Moeller, R.A.: Graphic novels in the school library : questions of cataloging, classification, and arrangement (2022)
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- Abstract
- In recent years, many school librarians have been scrambling to build and expand their graphic novel collections to meet the large and growing demand for these materials. For the purposes of this study, the term graphic novels refers to volumes in which the content is provided through sequential art, including fiction, nonfiction, and biographical material. As the library field has not yet arrived at a set of best practices or guidelines for institutions working to classify and catalog graphic novels, this study seeks to record the ways in which school librarians are handling these materials as well as issues and questions at the forefront of their minds. A survey of school librarians in the United States revealed that almost all of them collect fiction and nonfiction graphic novels, while 67% collect manga. Most respondents indicated that they are partly or solely responsible for the cataloging and classification decisions made in their media centers. For classification purposes, most have elected to create separate graphic novel collections to house their fictional graphic novels. Some include nonfiction graphic novels in this section, while others create a nonfiction graphic novel collection nearby or shelve nonfiction graphic novels with other items that deal with similar subject matter. Many school librarians express uncertainty about how best to catalog and classify longer series, adapted classics, superhero stories, and the increasing number and variety of inventive titles that defy categorization. They also struggle with inconsistent vendor records and past practices and suffer from a lack of full confidence in their knowledge of how to best classify and catalog graphic novels so that they are both searchable in the library catalog and easily accessible on the shelves.
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MacEwan, A.: Promoting fiction through the catalogue (1997)
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- Abstract
- Considers the recent trend towards the promotion, by public libraries, of literary fiction with particular reference to a new fiction initiative by the British Library which seeks to redress the imbalance between the level of access provided for fiction and non fiction in library catalogues. From January 1997, the BNB catalogue records for works of fiction will be indexed using the LCSH in conjunction with a range of genre and form headings derived from the American Library Association' Guidelines on Subject Access to Individual Works on Fiction, Drama etc. (GSAFD). Access provided by the GSAFD approach encompass access by genre and access by subject
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- Librarians world. 6(1997) no.2, S.22-24
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Beghtol, C.: Toward a theory of fiction analysis for information storage and retrieval (1992)
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- Date
- 5. 8.2006 13:22:08
- Source
- Classification research for knowledge representation and organization. Proc. 5th Int. Study Conf. on Classification Research, Toronto, Canada, 24.-28.6.1991. Ed. by N.J. Williamson u. M. Hudon
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Schössow, T.; Christoffersen, A.; Norlem, E.; Christensen, S.: Art in the children's library (1992)
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- Abstract
- Describes a project designed to integrate art into the children's library at Espergaerde in Denmark. Explains the aims of the project, principally to make the use of the library an artistic experience, and the 3 tasks the project was to fulfil: the redesign of the interior using artwork by local artists; a change from the traditional arrangement of fiction; and provision of workshop facilities for children to exercise their artistic inclinations. Details how these tasks were accopmplished and discusses the results of the project, stressing the renewed appreciation of art and the importance of passing that on to children
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- Scandinavian public library quarterly. 25(1992) no.1, S.20-22
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Saarti, J.: Fiction indexing and the development of fiction thesauri (1999)
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- Abstract
- Considers the theoretical questions involved in the indexing of fiction from several viewpoints: general principles of fiction indexing, and the making of book indexes for novels and other fictional works. Describes the work undertaken to develop fiction thesauri with particular reference to work done in Scandinavia, notably in the development of Kaunokki: the Finnish Thesaurus for Fiction, by Helsinki University Library and BTJ Group Ltd. Briefly presents notes on the structure of Kaunokkis with some examples of its practical use and user feedback from several years' experience of its use in Finnish public libraries. Concludes that the widest field for additional studies would be in the building up of special information systems for fiction.
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- 9. 2.1997 18:44:22
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Guard, A.: ¬An antidote for browsing : subject headings for fiction (1991)
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- 5. 8.2006 10:22:00
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OCLC/LC fiction headings project : too little, too late? (1992)
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- 5. 8.2006 10:22:14
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Stünkel, M.: Neuere Methoden der inhaltlichen Erschließung schöner Literatur in öffentlichen Bibliotheken (1986)
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- 4. 8.2006 21:35:22
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Schneider, A.: ¬Die Verzeichnung und sachliche Erschließung der Belletristik in Kaysers Bücherlexikon und im Schlagwortkatalog Georg/Ost (1980)
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- 5. 8.2006 13:07:22
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Novel: a forum on fiction (1988)
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Borden, W.A.: On classifying fiction (1909)
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Laakso, J.; Puukko, O.: Classification of fiction by topic in the light of experiments carried out in two public libraries : [Original in Finnisch] (1992)
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- 5. 8.2006 10:22:39
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Chan, L.M.: Social bookmarking and subject indexing (2011)
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- IFLA series on bibliographic control; vol. 42
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- Subject access: preparing for the future. Conference on August 20 - 21, 2009 in Florence, the IFLA Classification and Indexing Section sponsored an IFLA satellite conference entitled "Looking at the Past and Preparing for the Future". Eds.: P. Landry et al
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Pejtersen, A.M.: Investigation of search strategies in fiction based on an analysis of 134 user-librarian conversations (1979)
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Saarti, J.: Feeding with the spoon, or the effects of shelf classification of fiction on the loaning of fiction (1997)
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- Abstract
- Investigates what effect the shelf classification of fiction had on the way that library users in the 2 branch libraries of Kajanni, Finland, use the library's stock of fiction and how they loan fiction. In 1 library the fiction stock was divided in 11 shelf categories, based on genres of fiction - in the other no changes were made. The books were also indexed and classified in the library's database. The project lasted for 3 years and the results were gathered by interviewing clients and making statistical analysis on loans in both libraries
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Walker, R.S.: Problem child : some observations on fiction, with a sketch of a new system of classification (1958)
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Yu, L.; O'Brien, A.: Constructing references from the book to the reader in fiction searching : an experiment on the construction of information cues from the reading context approach (1997)
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- Abstract
- Reports on research that aims to test the effect of information cues constructed from the reading context approach on fiction searching and selection in public libraries. Assesses problems associated with the construction of information cues for fiction searching from the pragmatic approach, literary warrant approach and user-enquiries-analysis approach
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Burton, P.F.: On reading "The banning of books in libraries" (2007)
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- Abstract
- Purpose - To reflect on an editorial from an earlier issue entitled "The banning of books in libraries". Design/methodology/approach - A discussion of the argument presented in the original editorial and its connection to present-day concerns over the use and dissemination of information and links to other issues, together with the maintenance of a professional ethos in the face of those concerns. Findings - A set of moral absolutes does exist from which librarians can derive an ethos for the operation of their services. Such absolutes take on a greater significance in the complex moral climate in which we now live, but are now under threat. Practical implications - This article calls on library and information professionals to maintain their stand in the face of increasing pressures to compromise attitudes. Originality/value - Reflects on the continuing (and increased) importance of professional values.
