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Field of study related to Library and Information Science

Knowledge organization (KO), organization of knowledge, organization of information, or information organization is an intellectual discipline concerned with activities such as document description, indexing, and classification that serve to provide systems of representation and order for knowledge and information objects. According to The Organization of Information by Joudrey and Taylor, information organization:examines the activities carried out and tools used by people who work in places that accumulate information resources for the use of humankind, both immediately and for posterity. It discusses the processes that are in place to make resources findable, whether someone is searching for a single known item or is browsing through hundreds of resources just hoping to discover something useful. Information organization supports a myriad of information-seeking scenarios. Wikipedia →

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  1. Read the overview: Knowledge organizationA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: AI-employee collaboration and business performance: Integrating knowledge-based view, socio-technical systems and organisational socialisation frameworkInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: Computational Linguistics and Intelligent Text ProcessingThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: A Dynamic Theory of Organizational Knowledge CreationCited 11,608 times
  5. Go sideways: Subject (documents)A closely related topic
  6. Go sideways: Library classificationA closely related topic

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