This book provides a complete introduction to the rapidly expanding field of Knowledge
organization (KO), presenting historical precedents and theoretical foundations in a …

So far, within the library and information science (LIS) community, knowledge organization
(KO) has developed its own very successful solutions to document search, allowing for the …

There has long been a concern about the research-practice gap within Library and
Information Science (LIS). Several authors have highlighted the disconnection between the …

This article addresses the underutilization of knowledge organization systems (KOS)
elements in online library catalogs, hindering effective subject-based search and discovery …

Has something been lost in the move towards federated searching and relevance ranking in
academic library search interfaces? The richness of metadata and other knowledge …

Classification offers a unique power in allowing for systematic sorting of information items,
thus playing an important role in the visualization of document contents and their …

Exploring collections by their subject matter is an important functionality for library users. We
developed an online tool called SciGator in order to allow users to browse the Dewey …

This paper aims to present the in-progress project for the signage system of the Dewey-
classified shelves in the Library of Social Sciences at the University of Florence. The project …

Subjects in a classification scheme are often related to other subjects in different hierarchies.
This problem was identified long ago by Hugh of Saint Victor (1096?-1141). Still with present …

Dewey Decimal Classification has been used to organize materials owned by the three
scientific libraries at the University of Pavia, and to allow integrated browsing in their union …