24 Aug 2004
CS 5244: Indexing / Classification
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Conceptual analysis
¡Generic:
What is it about? What’s the main
content
le.g., The History of Sociology
¡Specific:
Why has it been added to our collection?
What aspects will our users be interested
in?
lc.f., “Every reader his book”
Thus,
organizations index ________
lDifferent
_______ (specialty, general interest)
lDifferent
_______ (own materials, 3rd party)