AbstractsGeography &GIS

Uncovering Hidden Clues about Geographic Visualization in LCC

by Olha Buchel




Institution: University of Arizona
Department:
Year: 2006
Keywords: Classification; Knowledge Organization
Record ID: 1785959
Full text PDF: http://hdl.handle.net/10150/106343


Abstract

Geospatial information technologies revolutionize the way we have traditionally approached navigation and browsing in information systems. Colorful graphics, statistical summaries, geospatial relationships of underlying collections make them attractive for text retrieval systems. This paper examines the nature of georeferenced information in academic library catalogs organized according to the Library of Congress Classification (LCC) with the goal of understanding their implications for geovisualization of library collections.