A Code for Classifiers: Whatever Happened to Merrill’s Code? Export

@article{citeulike:873629, abstract = {The work titled "Code for Classifiers" 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 differences. The general principles advocated, the differences 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.}, author = {Coleman, Anita S.}, citeulike-article-id = {873629}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dlist.sir.arizona.edu/1515/}, journal = {Knowledge Organization}, keywords = {cataloging, classification, history}, number = {3}, pages = {161--176}, posted-at = {2006-09-26 17:14:34}, priority = {2}, title = {A Code for Classifiers: Whatever Happened to Merrill's Code?}, url = {http://dlist.sir.arizona.edu/1515/}, volume = {31}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:873629 L3 - citeulike-article-id:873629 N2 - The work titled "Code for Classifiers" 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 differences. The general principles advocated, the differences 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. IS - 3 JF - Knowledge Organization EP - 176 TI - A Code for Classifiers: Whatever Happened to Merrill’s Code? VL - 31 SP - 161 KW - cataloging KW - classification KW - history AU - Coleman, Anita PY - 2006/// UR - http://dlist.sir.arizona.edu/1515/ ER -