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Jovita Kaur, Lovely Professional University Unit 5: Development and Trend in Classification

Unit 5: Development and Trend in Classification Notes

CONTENTS
Objectives
Introduction
5.1. Architecture, Systems, Tools and Technologies in Classification
5.2. Role of Computers
5.3. Summary
5.4. Keywords
5.5. Review Questions
5.6. Further Readings

Objectives
After studying this unit, you will be able to:
Know about the development and trend to classification
Discuss the role of computer in classification theory
Describe the essential functions of a computer.

Introduction

This column gives an overview of current trends in digital library research under the following
headings: digital library architecture, systems, tools and technologies; digital content and
collections; metadata; interoperability; standards; knowledge organization systems; users and
usability; legal, organizational, economic, and social issues in digital libraries.
The emergence of digital libraries in the 1990s and their overwhelming growth in recent years has
opened up new horizons across a broad array of issues related to design, implementation,
development and evaluation of digital libraries. Digital libraries have been defined in a variety of
ways. The Digital Library Federation (2002) Defines Them As: organizations that provide the
resources, including the specialized staff, to select, structure, offer intellectual access to, interpret,
distribute, preserve the integrity of, and ensure the persistence over time of collections of digital
works so that they are readily available for use by a defined community or set of communities.
This definition involves three key components, which constitute the theoretical framework
underlying digital libraries, namely:
1. people;
2. information resources; and
3. technology.
An investigation into research areas that have recently been explored or found challenging throws
up issues in all three areas.
1. Joint Conference on Digital Libraries;
2. Sixth European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries; and
3. Fifth International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries.

5.1 Architecture, Systems, Tools and Technologies in Classification
Within this category lie all technical, infrastructural and algorithmic and system-related components
of digital libraries. Some of the key issues here are:

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