Cover -- Library Classification Trends in the 21st Century -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Glossary of classification terminology -- About the author -- 1 Knowledge organisation and knowledge organisation systems -- Introduction -- Knowledge organisation and knowledge organisation systems - history and trends -- Importance and functions of knowledge organisation systems -- 2 Classification and its uses -- Importance in the digital era -- Specific uses of classification -- 3 Construction of classification schemes -- Methods of constructing classification schemes -- Postulational approach and hierarchy -- Specific approaches to construction of classification schemes -- Notation -- Mnemonics -- Book numbering systems -- Classification terminology -- Software for construction of classification schemes -- Translations of classification schemes -- Facet analysis and its application -- 4 General classification schemes -- Dewey Decimal Classification -- Colon Classification -- Universal Decimal Classification -- Library of Congress Classification -- Bliss Bibliographic Classification -- Subject classification - Brown -- Other general classification schemes -- Choice of classification schemes -- 5 Special classification schemes and classification of non-bibliographic entities -- Introduction -- Special classification schemes for specific subjects -- Special classification schemes for documents in specific forms -- Classification of non-bibliographic entities -- 6 Automatic book classification, reclassification and non-classificatory approaches to knowledge organisation -- Automatic book classification -- Reclassification -- Non-classificatory approaches to knowledge organisation -- 7 Classification education -- Introduction -- Classification education in different countries -- 8 Modern knowledge organisation systems and interoperability.

Introduction -- Thesaurus -- Taxonomies - meaning -- Domain-based taxonomies -- Ontology - meaning -- Folksonomies - meaning -- Interoperability - meaning, need and methods -- 9 Text categorisation -- Introduction -- Text categorisation - different nomenclatures -- Text categorisation of non-English text -- Tools, models, methods and algorithms used in text categorisation -- Use of k-NN in text categorisation -- Use of SVM in text categorisation -- Hierarchical classification system for text categorisation -- Uses of text categorisation -- 10 Classification: theories, research trends and personalities -- Classification theories -- Conferences related to classification -- Research trends in classification -- Classification personalities -- Appendix Books on classification published during 1999-2009 -- References -- Index.