New Directions in Information Organization

New Directions in Information Organization

Co-edited by Dr. Jung-ran Park and Dr. Lynne Howarth, this book seeks to provide an overview and understanding of the future directions, leading edge theories, and models for research and practice in information organization.

New information standards and digital library technologies are being developed at a rapid pace as diverse communities of practice seek new ways to organize massive quantities of digital resources.

Today’s digital information explosion creates an increased demand for new perspectives, methods, and tools for research and practice in information organization.

This new direction in information organization is even more critical owing to changing user needs and expectations, in conjunction with the collaborative and decentralized nature of bibliographic control.

The general aim of this book is to present the current state of the digital information revolution with the associated opportunities and challenges to information organization.

Through an interdisciplinary perspective, it presents a broad, holistic, and more integrated view on the nature of information organization and examines new directions in information organization research and thinking.

The book highlights the need to understand information organization and Web 2.0 in the context of the rapidly changing information world and provides an overview of key trends and further research.