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Knowledge Organisation Systems in Digital Libraries:A Comparative Study


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1 Knowledge Management, GCI Solutions, Bangalore, India
2 Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore, India
     

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This article presents the preliminary results of a study of the Knowledge Organisation Systems (KOS) used in major digital libraries (DLs) of the world.While traditional libraries had evolved certain norms and systems the kinds of KOS being used in DLs vary. The dynamic nature of the DLs, the retrieval capability of the digital environments and the 'black box' nature of the systems have made the knowledge about KOS in DLs difficult to perceive and comprehend. Hence there is need to study in depth the knowledge organization (KO) tools, such as library classifications, thesauri and subject heading systems and the knowledge representation (Ontologies) used in DLs. This article gives a comparative study of DLs and summarizes the present scenario of KOS in these DLs.
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Authors

G. Bhojaraju
Knowledge Management, GCI Solutions, Bangalore, India
Shalini R. Urs
Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore, India

Abstract


This article presents the preliminary results of a study of the Knowledge Organisation Systems (KOS) used in major digital libraries (DLs) of the world.While traditional libraries had evolved certain norms and systems the kinds of KOS being used in DLs vary. The dynamic nature of the DLs, the retrieval capability of the digital environments and the 'black box' nature of the systems have made the knowledge about KOS in DLs difficult to perceive and comprehend. Hence there is need to study in depth the knowledge organization (KO) tools, such as library classifications, thesauri and subject heading systems and the knowledge representation (Ontologies) used in DLs. This article gives a comparative study of DLs and summarizes the present scenario of KOS in these DLs.

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