[BOOK][B] Interdisciplinary knowledge organization
This book is motivated by the increased importance of interdisciplinary scholarship within
the academy and the widely perceived shortcomings of existing knowledge organization
schemes (KOSs) in serving interdisciplinary scholarship. The book reaches a set of very
strong conclusions:• Existing bibliographic classification systems [that is, classifications of
works, as in libraries] are organized on a disciplinary basis; as a consequence they serve
interdisciplinary research and teaching poorly.• A novel approach to classification, grounded …
the academy and the widely perceived shortcomings of existing knowledge organization
schemes (KOSs) in serving interdisciplinary scholarship. The book reaches a set of very
strong conclusions:• Existing bibliographic classification systems [that is, classifications of
works, as in libraries] are organized on a disciplinary basis; as a consequence they serve
interdisciplinary research and teaching poorly.• A novel approach to classification, grounded …
This book is motivated by the increased importance of interdisciplinary scholarship within the academy and the widely perceived shortcomings of existing knowledge organization schemes (KOSs) in serving interdisciplinary scholarship. The book reaches a set of very strong conclusions:
• Existing bibliographic classification systems [that is, classifications of works, as in libraries] are organized on a disciplinary basis; as a consequence they serve interdisciplinary research and teaching poorly.• A novel approach to classification, grounded in the phenomena studied rather than disciplines, would serve interdisciplinary scholarship much better. It would also prove advantageous for disciplinary scholarship. If we can aid all scholars in their search for information, the productivity of scholarship would thus be increased.
Springer