The importance of Julius Kaiser to the Knowledge Organization: a comparative study with Cutter, Otlet and Ranganathan approaches

Authors

  • Rodrigo de Sales Universidade Federal Fluminense, IACS/GCI.
  • José Augusto Chaves Guimarães Unesp, campus de Marília

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2178-2075.v7i1p43-65

Keywords:

Knowledge Organization, Indexing, Analytic-synthetic method, Julius Kaiser, Cutter, Otlet, Ranganathan

Abstract

Although the systematic indexing created by Julius Kaiser at the beginning of the 20th century has not yet reached its due prominence in Library and Information Science courses and literature, it set the fundamental basis for the theoretical and methodological framework of knowledge organization by defining the analysis and synthesis of specialized subjects based on the principle of categorization. Through a reflective exercise, this study aims to compare the form of knowledge organization proposed by Kaiser with the principles and methods developed by some of his contemporaneous fellow academics, such as Cutter, Otlet and Ranganathan. The outcome was theoretical and methodological dialogues that fundamentally place Kaiser in the roll of central developers in the epistemological field of knowledge organization.

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Author Biography

  • Rodrigo de Sales, Universidade Federal Fluminense, IACS/GCI.
    Departamento de Ciência da Informação - GCI
    Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência da Informação - PPGCI
    Universidade Federal Fluminense - UFF

Published

2016-04-05

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How to Cite

SALES, Rodrigo de; GUIMARÃES, José Augusto Chaves. The importance of Julius Kaiser to the Knowledge Organization: a comparative study with Cutter, Otlet and Ranganathan approaches. InCID: Revista de Ciência da Informação e Documentação, Ribeirão Preto, Brasil, v. 7, n. 1, p. 43–65, 2016. DOI: 10.11606/issn.2178-2075.v7i1p43-65. Disponível em: https://journals.usp.br/incid/article/view/110214.. Acesso em: 18 may. 2024.