KO KNOWLEDGE ORGANIZATION

This paper delves into the complexities and theoretical underpinnings of knowl­edge organization systems (KOS), focusing on domain analysis and facet analysis as methodologies, such as improving the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH). The...

This research aims to identify some patterns of author (as user) generated tags to the papers of library and information science field in Academia.edu. The research method is typically based on text analysis and word frequency distribution. The...

This article discusses the many usages and meanings of the term species in biology, as currently applied (1) to named taxa such as Homo sapiens and Panthera tigris, (2) to a rank (usually but not necessarily the lowest and/or the most fundamental...

The Museum of World Culture (Världskulturmuseet) has been implementing some decolonial practices in its indigenous collection. Therefore, the museum started migrating its collection to a new platform, and as part of this project, the museum needs...

Information technology has brought many advantages for communications and new possibilities for knowledge organization, but also many ethical challenges and risks for groups at the social margins such as the LGBTIQ+ communities. Self-identifying...

Genealogical classification, also described in different contexts as “genetic”, “phylogenetic”, “historical” or “evolutionary”, is the classification of any set of entities according to their origin from pre-existing entities....