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Ibiblio
:: an index with hybridized vigor !
The goal on
the structuring of Ibiblio was to create an accessible digital
library. This access should be composed of three key elements:
a search engine, an XML based metadata archive (which can be openly
accessed for research), and a browsable index (ever found that
really great book while wandering down the library shelves?).
To this end, Ibiblio has enlisted google as the search interface.
We are presently building the metadata archive. The index is in
its formative stages.
In creating
our index categories, we looked at major classification systems:
Universal Decimal, Dewey, Yahoo &
the California Digital Library. Each system had its own strengths
and weakness. Both decimal systems are around a century old -
neither scales quickly or easily to the digital changes of the
past 20 years. Most web indexes have a somewhat specialized focus.
Ibiblio's
largest collections are the linux archives
and the linux documentation project - both
are key elements in the Open Source Community. Another major ibiblio
resource is the "Documenting
the American South Collection." In creating an ibiblio
index we have come up with a hybrid index. Like Mendel's hybrid
corn, this index draws vigor from its predecessors. However, the
ibiblio index allows the structural freedom to acknowledge the
significance of major collection elements.
Ibiblio's
classification schema is a work in progress. Have suggestions?
comments? Let us know and
help make ibiblio that library where you can get lost for hours.
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News
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reference |
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generalities |
000 |
computers,
information & general reference |
reference |
general
interest & reference |
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humanities |
1
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philosophy
& psychology |
100 |
philosophy
& psychology |
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arts &
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arts & humanities |
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religion |
2
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religion |
200 |
religion |
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social
sciences |
3
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social
sciences |
300 |
social
sciences |
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Education |
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Society
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language |
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linguistics |
400 |
language |
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science
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natural
sciences, and math |
500 |
science
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biological
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technology |
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technology |
600 |
technology |
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engineering
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Computers
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Health |
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creative
arts |
7
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arts
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700 |
arts
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arts & Humanities |
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Entertainment |
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Recreation
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literature |
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language
and literature |
800 |
literature
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geography
& history |
9
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geography,
biography, &history |
900 |
history
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Universal
Decimal Classification?
What is the UDC? The Universal Decimal Classification (UDC), first published
in 1905 was an offspring of the Dewey system and became the preferred
classification system by scientific and technical libraries. Its decimal
basis and attempts at hierarchical range underscore its theoretical
origin in Dewey. Revision has been continuous. While retaining the basic
generic hierarchies, the Universal Decimal Classification makes far
greater use of the technique of synthesis, by providing a series of
auxiliary tables for aspects of subjects likely to appear in several
parts of the main schedules. UDC is in worldwide use, and has been published
in whole or in part in 23 different languages. The English-language
editions are extensively used both in anglophone countries and those
where English is co-official or a working language (the British Isles,
Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, several African countries) and
have a significant presence in other cultures as well.
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feedback or suggestions!
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