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

The organization of knowledge : caught between global structures and local meaning / edited by Jack Andersen, Laura Skouvig.

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...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Andersen, Jack (Editor), Skouvig, Laura (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bingley : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2017.
Series:Studies in information.
Subjects:
Knowledge management.
Library & information services.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industrial Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Management Science.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Organizational Behavior.
Knowledge management
Online Access:Click for online access
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.

Similar Items