Objectivity and Subject Access in the Print Library

Autor:	Chew Chiat Naun
Rok vydání:	2006
Předmět:	media_common.quotation_subject Subject (philosophy) Impartiality Subject access Representation (arts) Library and Information Sciences Terminology Epistemology Empirical research Law Cultural bias Sociology Objectivity (philosophy) media_common
Zdroj:	Cataloging & Classification Quarterly. 43:83-95
ISSN:	1544-4554 0163-9374
DOI:	10.1300/j104v43n02_07
Popis:	Librarians have inherited from the print environment a particular way of thinking about subject representation, one based on the conscious identification by librarians of appropriate subject classes and terminology. This conception has played a central role in shaping the profession's characteristic approach to upholding one of its core values: objectivity. It is argued that the social and technological roots of traditional indexing practice are closely intertwined. It is further argued that in traditional library practice objectivity is to be understood as impartiality, and reflects the mediating role that librarians have played in society. The case presented here is not a historical one based on empirical research, but rather a conceptual examination of practices that are already familiar to most librarians.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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