The Classification Research Group (CRG) was a significant contributor to classification research and theory in the field of
library and information science in the latter half of the 20th century. It was formed in England in 1952 and was active until 1968. Informal meetings continued until 1990. Among its members were
Derek Austin, Eric Coates,
Jason Farradane Jason Farradane, born Jason Lewkowitsch (29 September 1906 – 27 June 1989) was a British librarian of Polish descent.
Life
The son of the chemical engineer Julius Lewkowitsch, Farradane graduated in chemistry in 1929 at what is now Imperial Coll ...
, Robert Fairthorne,
Douglas Foskett, Barbara Kyle, Derek Langridge,
Jack Mills,
Pauline Atherton Cochrane, Bernard Palmer, Jack Wells, and
Brian Campbell Vickery
Brian Campbell Vickery ( New South Wales, Australia, 11 September 1918 – 17 October 2009) was a British information scientist and classification researcher, and Professor and director at the School of Library, Archive and Information Studies at ...
. The group formed important principles on
faceted classification
A faceted classification is a classification scheme used in organizing knowledge into a systematic order. A faceted classification uses semantic categories, either general or subject-specific, that are combined to create the full classification ent ...
and also worked on the theory of
integrative level An integrative level, or level of organization, is a set of phenomena emerging from pre-existing phenomena of a lower level. The levels concept is an intellectual framework for structuring reality. It arranges all entities, structures, and processe ...
s.
Publications
* 1955. The need for a faceted classification as the basis for all methods of information retrieval. ''Library Association Record'', 57(7), 262-268.
* 1958. Classification Research Group Bulletin No. 4. ''Journal of Documentation'', 14( 3), 136-143.
* 1959. Classification Research Group Bulletin No. 5. ''Journal of Documentation'', 15(1), 39-57.
* 1961. Classification Research Group Bulletin No. 6. ''Journal of Documentation'', 17(3), 156-172.
* 1962. Classification Research Group Bulletin No. 7. ''Journal of Documentation'', 18( 2), 65-88.
* 1964. Classification Research Group Bulletin No. 8. ''Journal of Documentation'', 20(3), 146-169.
* 1968. Classification Research Group Bulletin No. 9. ''Journal of Documentation'', 24(4), 273-298.
* 1969. ''Classification and information control: Papers representing the work of the Classification Research Group during 1960-1968''. London: Library Association.
See also
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Document classification
Document classification or document categorization is a problem in library science, information science and computer science. The task is to assign a document to one or more classes or categories. This may be done "manually" (or "intellectually") ...
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Knowledge organization
Knowledge organization (KO), organization of knowledge, organization of information, or information organization is an intellectual discipline concerned with activities such as document description, indexing, and classification that serve to ...
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Subject (documents)
In library and information science documents (such as books, articles and pictures) are classified and searched by subject – as well as by other attributes such as author, genre and document type. This makes "subject" a fundamental term in this ...
References
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Further reading
* Afolabi, M. (1985). A sociological study of the Classification Research Group. ''Library Science with a Slant to Documentation'', 22(2), 77-85.
* Broughton, Vanda (2011)
Brian Vickery and the Classification Research Group: the legacy of faceted classification In Gilchrist, A. (Ed.) ''Proceedings of the Second National ISKO UK Conference 2011''.
* Frohmann, Bernard P. (1983). An investigation of the semantic bases of some theoretical principles of classification proposed by Austin and the CRG. ''Cataloging and Classification Quarterly'', 4(1), 11-27.
Library science organizations
Information science
Research groups