Central Bank of Nigeria Library

Libraries and the organization of knowledge /

Shera, Jesse Hauk.

Libraries and the organization of knowledge / - London : Crossby Lockwood, c1965. - xix, 224 p. ;

Includes bibliographical footnotes and index.

"Libraries and the Organization of Knowledge", a collection of papers and addresses that have appeared in books and periodicals since 1950, is concerned in the first part with general problems, such as the character of knowledge, social epistemology, general semantics and librarianship, foundations for a theory of bibliography, dissemination of information, and bibliographic management. In the second part of the volume, Dr. Shera deals with a number of issues concerning subject cataloging and classification. Part three of the book is concerned with education for librarianship.


Library science.
Documentation.

Z665 / .S42 1965

020.8 / SHE