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ERIC Number: EJ649197
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0024-2527
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Sameness and Difference: A Cultural Foundation of Classification.
Olson, Hope A.
Library Resources & Technical Services, v45 n3 p115-22 Jul 2001
Explores the duality of sameness and difference as an underlying principle of classification using the Dewey Decimal Classification as an example. Explains the primacy of division by discipline, its origins in Western philosophy, and the cultural specificity that results, and considers possible universal solutions. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Classification, Cultural Differences, Dewey Decimal Classification, Intellectual Disciplines
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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