Special Interest Group / Classification Research Home Page
Last updated on February 26, 2013
The American
Society for Information ScienceSpecial Interest Group / Classification Research studies the
fundamental principles, underlying processes, and analytic
constructs of classification schemes and procedures by humans or
automata. It is concerned with organizing information, and
includes indexing, index construction, indexing language,
thesaurus construction, terminology, classification of
information in any form, and testing and evaluating the
effectiveness of these products. It is also concerned with the
ability to develop abstractions from perceived reality.
Theoretical emphases include cognition, grouping and organization
of groupings, and linguistics.
SIG/CR Web Site HAS MOVED! The new URL is http://newarkwww.rutgers.edu/asis.sigcr/.
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION - 8th ASIS SIG/CR
Classification Research Workshop - DEADLINE April 11, 1997
The second edition of the ASIS Thesaurus of Information Science and
Librarianship is in preparation, and the editor is seeking input from
practitioners, researchers, students, and others in information science,
librarianship, and related fields. If you have suggestions for terms, ideas
for term relationships, or comments on how the new edition could be improved
over its predecessor, please contact the editor, Jessica Milstead, at
76440.2356@compuserve.com.
