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History of Science: The Problem of Cataloging, Knowledge Indexing and Information Retrieval in the Digital Space (2018)

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Information retrieval Information networks Classification of knowledge Knowledge management Digital humanities History of science, as a discipline

Text-based and multimedia documents in and for history of science are displayed in libraries and ought to be organized to make knowledge and information on history of science accessible. The traditional approach to the organization of and access to knowledge and information was expressed by classification schemes primarily influenced by philosophical traditions, and then mostly based on the literary warrant principle. Within this context, the scholarly and scientific literature was seen as representing facts about knowledge and structures of knowledge. Cataloging and classification were essential to provide users access to information. Cataloging elements consist of bibliographic description, subject analysis and classification. Currently, within the digital environment, not only text-based documents, but documents of all sorts must be included, classified and organized in order to be browsed. In this paper I call the attention to some of the improvements and challenges that currently affect the relationship between catalogs, knowledge organization, classification and information retrieval. As an example I mention the catalog-interface that is being developed for the digital library of CESIMA-Brazil.

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Authors & Contributors
Waisse, Silvia
Ferraz, Marcia Helena Mendes
Alfonso-Goldfarb, Ana Maria
Gally, Michèle
Baumhammer, Megan
Smith, Ailie
Journals
Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Circumscribere: International Journal for the History of Science
Revue d'Histoire des Sciences
Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science
Publishers
Arizona State University
University of Pittsburgh Press
University of Chicago Press
Polity Press
Harvard University Press
Concepts
Digital humanities
History of science, as a discipline
Classification of knowledge
Libraries and archives
Knowledge management
Historiography
People
Qidwai, Sarah
Djerassi, Carl
Time Periods
21st century
20th century, late
Medieval
20th century, early
20th century
15th century
Places
United States
Institutions
Virtual HistSTM Community
Maison de la Chimie
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
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