Classification Research Group
Encyclopedia
The Classification Research Group (CRG) was a significant contributor to classification research and theory in the field of library and information science
in the latter half of the 20th century. It was formed in England in 1952 and was active until 1968. Among its members were Derek Austin
, Eric Coates (classification researcher), Jason Farradane
, Robert Fairthorne, Douglas Foskett, Barbara Kyle, Derek Langridge, Jack Mills (classification researcher)
, Bernard Palmer, Jack Wells and Brian Campbell Vickery
. The group formed important principles on faceted classification
and also worked on the theory of Integrative level
s.
Foskett, D. J. (1971). The Classification Research Group 1952-1968. In Kent, A. & Lancour, H. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of library and information Science (Vol. 5, pp. 141–145). New York : Marcel Dekker.
Frohmann, Bernard P. (1983). An investigation of the semantic bases of some theoretical principles of classification proposed by Austin and the CRG. Cataloging and Classification Quarterly, 4(1), 11-27.
Furner, J. (2000). The Classification Research Group, 1952-2000: a citation analysis. Paper delivered at the Sixth International ISKO Conference, Toronto. [Unpublished]
Furner, J. (2001). A citation study of the work of the CRG. Paper delivered at the ASIS&T Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., November 6, 2001. [Unpublished]
Hopkins, F. (1973). General classification theory: a review of the CRG work. Library resources and technical services, 17(2), 201-210.
Justice, A. (2004). Information science as a facet of the history of British science: the origins of the Classification Research Group. In Rayward, B. & Bowden, M. E. (Eds.), The history and heritage of scientific and technological information systems. Medford, NJ: Information Today. Retrieved from http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.163.7203
McIlwaine, I. & Broughton, V. (2000). The Classification Research Group: then and now. Knowledge Organization, 27(4), 195-199.
Spiteri, L. F. (1995). The Classification Research Group and the Theory of Integrative Levels. Katharine Sharp Review ,#1, Summer 1995, 1-6. Available:http://web.archive.org/web/20011222083409/alexia.lis.uiuc.edu/review/summer1995/spiteri.html
Wilson, T. D. (1972) The work of the British CRG. In Wellisch, H. & Wilson, T. D. (Eds.) Subject retrieval in the seventies: new directions. Proceedings of an international symposium held at the Center of Adult Education, University of Maryland, College Park, May 14–15, 1971 (pp. 62–71). Westport, Conn.: Greenwood.
Library and information science
Library and information science is a merging of the two fields library science and information science...
in the latter half of the 20th century. It was formed in England in 1952 and was active until 1968. Among its members were Derek Austin
Derek Austin
-Career:From 1963 to 1967, he was a Subject Editor at the British National Bibliography. He was also a developer of innovative digital cataloguing systems and the creator of the PRECIS indexing language in 1974, which was used worldwide and for the British National Bibliography...
, Eric Coates (classification researcher), Jason Farradane
Jason Farradane
Jason Farradane graduated in chemistry in 1929 at what is now Imperial College and started work in industry as a chemist and documentalist...
, Robert Fairthorne, Douglas Foskett, Barbara Kyle, Derek Langridge, Jack Mills (classification researcher)
Jack Mills (classification researcher)
Jack Mills was a British librarian and classification researcher, who worked for more than sixty years in the study, teaching, development and promotion of library classification and information retrieval, principally as a major figure in the British school of facet analysis which builds on...
, Bernard Palmer, Jack Wells and Brian Campbell Vickery
Brian Campbell Vickery
Brian Campbell Vickery was a British information scientist and classification researcher. In 1967 he married Alina Vickery .-Biography:...
. The group formed important principles on faceted classification
Faceted classification
A faceted classification system allows the assignment of multiple classifications to an object, enabling the classifications to be ordered in multiple ways, rather than in a single, predetermined, taxonomic order. A facet comprises "clearly defined, mutually exclusive, and collectively exhaustive...
and also worked on the theory of Integrative level
Integrative level
An integrative level, or level of organization, is a set of phenomena emerging on pre-existing phenomena of lower level. Typical examples include life emerging on non-living substances, and consciousness emerging on nervous systems....
s.
Publications by CRG
- Classification Research Group. (1955). The need for a faceted classification as the basis for all methods of information retrieval. Library Association Record, 57(7), 262-268.
- Classification Research Group. (1958). Classification Research Group Bulletin No. 4. Journal of Documentation, 14( 3), 136-143.
- Classification Research Group. (1959). Classification Research Group Bulletin No. 5. Journal of Documentation, 15(1), 39-57.
- Classification Research Group. (1961). Classification Research Group Bulletin No. 6. Journal of Documentation, 17(3), 156-172.
- Classification Research Group. (1962). Classification Research Group Bulletin No. 7. Journal of Documentation, 18( 2), 65-88.
- Classification Research Group. (1964). Classification Research Group Bulletin No. 8. Journal of Documentation, 20(3), 146-169.
- Classification Research Group. (1968). Classification Research Group Bulletin No. 9. Journal of Documentation, 24(4), 273-298.
- Classification Research Group. (1969). Classification and information control: Papers representing the work of the Classification Research Group during 1960-1968. London: Library Association.
Literature
Afolabi, M. (1985). A sociological study of the Classification Research Group” Library Science with a Slant to Documentation, 22(2), 77-85.Foskett, D. J. (1971). The Classification Research Group 1952-1968. In Kent, A. & Lancour, H. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of library and information Science (Vol. 5, pp. 141–145). New York : Marcel Dekker.
Frohmann, Bernard P. (1983). An investigation of the semantic bases of some theoretical principles of classification proposed by Austin and the CRG. Cataloging and Classification Quarterly, 4(1), 11-27.
Furner, J. (2000). The Classification Research Group, 1952-2000: a citation analysis. Paper delivered at the Sixth International ISKO Conference, Toronto. [Unpublished]
Furner, J. (2001). A citation study of the work of the CRG. Paper delivered at the ASIS&T Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., November 6, 2001. [Unpublished]
Hopkins, F. (1973). General classification theory: a review of the CRG work. Library resources and technical services, 17(2), 201-210.
Justice, A. (2004). Information science as a facet of the history of British science: the origins of the Classification Research Group. In Rayward, B. & Bowden, M. E. (Eds.), The history and heritage of scientific and technological information systems. Medford, NJ: Information Today. Retrieved from http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.163.7203
McIlwaine, I. & Broughton, V. (2000). The Classification Research Group: then and now. Knowledge Organization, 27(4), 195-199.
Spiteri, L. F. (1995). The Classification Research Group and the Theory of Integrative Levels. Katharine Sharp Review ,#1, Summer 1995, 1-6. Available:http://web.archive.org/web/20011222083409/alexia.lis.uiuc.edu/review/summer1995/spiteri.html
Wilson, T. D. (1972) The work of the British CRG. In Wellisch, H. & Wilson, T. D. (Eds.) Subject retrieval in the seventies: new directions. Proceedings of an international symposium held at the Center of Adult Education, University of Maryland, College Park, May 14–15, 1971 (pp. 62–71). Westport, Conn.: Greenwood.