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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Other Authors Andersen, Jack (Editor), Skouvig, Laura (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2017.
SeriesStudies in information ; 12.
Subjects
Knowledge management.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781787145313
9781787149649
ISSN2055-5377 ;
DOI10.1108/S2055-5377201712
Physical Description1 online resource (128 pages).

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Table of Contents:
  • Prelims
  • Genre, organized knowledge, and communicative action in digital culture
  • Information cultures: shapes and shapings of information
  • The (De-)universalization of the United States: inscribing Maori history in the library of congress classification
  • Reader-interest classifications: local classifications or global industry interest?
  • Knowledge representation of photographic documents: a case study at the Federal University of Pernambuco (Brazil)
  • Slanted knowledge organization as a new ethical perspective
  • About the editors
  • Index.

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