The organization of knowledge : caught between global structures and local meaning /

This book critically examines the organization of knowledge as it is involved in matters of digital communication, the social, cultural and political consequences of classifying, and how particular historical contexts shape ideas of information and what information to classify and record. Due to per...

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Main Authors:
Andersen, Jack, Skouvig, Laura
Other Authors:
Andersen, Jack (Editor), Skouvig, Laura (Editor)
Format:
Electronic eBook
Language:
English
Published:
Wagon Lane, Bingley, England : Emerald Publishing, 2017.
Edition:
1st ed.
Summary:
This book critically examines the organization of knowledge as it is involved in matters of digital communication, the social, cultural and political consequences of classifying, and how particular historical contexts shape ideas of information and what information to classify and record. Due to permeation of digital infrastructures, software, and digital media in everyday life, many aspects of contemporary culture and society are infused with the activity and practice of classification. That means that old questions about classification have their potency in modern discourses about surveillance, identify formation, big data and so on. At the same time, this situation also implies a need to reconsider these old questions and how to frame them in digital culture. This book contains contributions that consider classic library classification practices and how their choices have social, cultural and political effect, how the organization of knowledge is not only a professional practice but is also a way of communicating and understanding digital culture, and how what a particular historical context perceives as information has implications for the recording of that information.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (120 pages).
Notes:
Includes index.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781787149649
1787149641
9781787145313
178714531X
ISSN:
2055-5377 ;
Subjects:
Knowledge management.
Language Arts & Disciplines > Library & Information Science > General.
Library & information services.
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