Author: Clare Beghtol, University of Toronto
Title: The Subject
Classification of James Duff Brown (1862-1914)Outline:
- Introduction and background
- Brown's ideas
- On classification
- On the relationships of topics
- Subject Classification
- Provisions for multi-topic works
- Twentieth century issues
- Interdisciplinarity
- BBC2 Phenomenon class
- Some conclusions
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More detail in
"Exploring New Approaches to the Organization of Knowledge: The Subject
Classification of James Duff Brown," Clare Beghtol, Library Trends, 52(4),
Spring 2004
"Pioneers in Library and Information Science" edited by W. Boyd Rayward