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The informative potential of bibliographic classification systems: reflections on a discussion in the French Documentation Movement
Linnaeus University, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Department of Cultural Sciences.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0576-036X
2024 (English)In: Journal of Documentation, ISSN 0022-0418, E-ISSN 1758-7379, Vol. 80, no 3, p. 632-648Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Purpose

In this Festchrift article for Michael Buckland, the author discusses works from the French Documentation Movement in the 1940s and 1950s with regard to how it formulates bibliographic classification systems as documents. Significant writings by Suzanne Briet, Éric de Grolier and Robert Pagès are analyzed in the light of current document-theoretical concepts and discussions.

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Conceptual analysis.

Findings

The French Documentation Movement provided a rich intellectual environment in the late 1940s and early 1950s, resulting in original works on documents and the ways these may be represented bibliographically. These works display a variety of approaches from object-oriented description to notational concept-synthesis, and definitions of classification systems as isomorph documents at the center of politically informed critique of modern society.

Originality/value

The article brings together historical and conceptual elements in the analysis which have not previously been combined in Library and Information Science literature. In the analysis, the article discusses significant contributions to classification and document theory that hitherto have eluded attention from the wider international Library and Information Science research community. Through this, the article contributes to the currently ongoing conceptual discussion on documents and documentality.

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2024. Vol. 80, no 3, p. 632-648
Keywords [en]
Document Studies, Document Theory, Classification History, French Documentation, Michael Buckland
National Category
Information Studies
Research subject
Humanities, Library and Information Science
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-123026DOI: 10.1108/JD-03-2023-0049ISI: 001021793400001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85164134739OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-123026DiVA, id: diva2:1778502
Available from: 2023-07-02 Created: 2023-07-02 Last updated: 2024-04-23Bibliographically approved

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