• ISBN13: 9780754675587
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: Library & Information Science
• Publisher: T&F
• Publisher Imprint: Routledge
• Publication Date: January 1, 2009
• Pages: 176
• Original Price: GBP 45.99
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 209 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Library & Information Science / General

This established textbook introduces the essentials of classification as used for information processing. The third edition takes account of developments that have taken place since the second edition was published in 2002. Classification Made Simple provides a useful gateway to more advanced works and the study of specific schemes. As an introductory text, it will be invaluable to students of information work and to anyone inside or outside the information profession who needs to understand the manner in which classification can be utilized to facilitate and enhance organisation and retrieval.

Eric Hunter is Emeritus Professor of Information Management, Liverpool John Moores University, UK. His numerous monographic publications include a number of well-known student and practitioner texts that have been used throughout the world and his work has been translated into several languages.