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The nature of "a work" : implications for the organization of knowledge

Author: Richard P Smiraglia
Publisher: Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2001.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Richard P Smiraglia
ISBN: 0810840375 9780810840379
OCLC Number: 46419832
Description: xviii, 182 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Contents: What Is the Nature of a Work? --
The Bibliographic Universe --
Works and the Design of Bibliographic Retrieval Systems --
Works and Texts --
The Digital Imperative: What Is an Electronic Work? --
How Do We Answer the Question: What Is the Nature of a Work? --
The Concept of the Work in Anglo-American Cataloging: An Historical Narrative --
A Multiplicity of Editions --
The "Literary Unit" --
The International Conference on Cataloguing Principles (1961) --
Defining "The Work" --
From Multiplicity to Bibliographic Relationships --
Bibliographic Relationships Give Parameters to the Concept of a Work --
The Humphrey Clinker Effect --
A Taxonomy of Bibliographic Relationships --
A Taxonomy of Derivation --
Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records --
Toward Consensus on the Concept of the Work --
Reflections on the Creative Task: Linguistics, Philosophy, Semiotics, and Bibliography --
Works as Vehicles for Communication --
Volatility of Works--Varieties of Perception in Reception of Works --
Volatility of Texts--Changes in Representation of Works --
Evolution in the Creatorship of Works --
A Work Is a Cultural Phenomenon --
Defining the Work in Quantitative Terms --
Early Research Indicating the Presence of Derivative Bibliographic Relationships --
Research Describing Derivative Bibliographic Relationships --
Works in Libraries --
The Incidence of Derivative Bibliographic Relationships --
Characteristics of Works with Bibliographic Families --
Summarizing the Data --
The Constitution of Bibliographic Families.
Responsibility: Richard P. Smiraglia.

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