[Esip-preserve] A Reference on Classification and Cataloging

[Mark A. Parsons]

Oh if you like classification and all it entails, you must read 

Bowker, G.C. & Star S.L. (2000) Sorting things out: classification and its consequences. Boston, MA: The MIT Press. 

Cheers,

-m. 
On 10 Sep 2012, at 3:06 PM, Bruce Barkstrom wrote:

> Some of the problems that seem to bedevil us relate to developing
> classifications and categories.  An interesting book written by a well-known
> professor of Semiotics (the study of "signs", "signifying," and linguistics)
> is
> 
> Eco, U., 1997: Kant and the Platypus: Essays on Language and Cognition,
> Harcourt, San Diego, CA
> 
> Kant, if I read correctly was one of those philosophers who wanted the
> create a hierarchical catalog of "everything".  It took biologists about 100
> years to provide a fairly "settled" categorization of the Platypus.  Eco at
> least has a sense of humor about this - giving the sentence "This is a mouse,
> but it is eighty meters long and weighs eight hundred kilograms." a few
> comments.  He also notes that there's a difference between "Dictionary
> knowledge" and "Encyclopedia knowledge," suggesting that "Encyclopedic
> knowledge, ... would be uncoordinated by nature, with an uncontrollable
> format, and the encyclopedic content of `dog' would have to include
> practically all that is known and could be known about dogs ..." [Op. Cit.,
> p. 226].  This description sounds too familiar to most of us - but that
> truth kind of adds to the admonition about keeping a sense of humor
> and civility.
> 
> You may note the reference to a particular subset of the text in this book
> in the last sentence.
> 
> Enjoy.
> 
> Bruce B.
> 
> On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 10:57 AM, Ramdeen, Sarah <ramdeen at email.unc.edu> wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
> 
>  
> 
> As a follow-up to Curt’s email this morning, below is the agenda for today’s ESIP Preservation and Stewardship Cluster meeting.  I have copied this to the ESIP-All list because we will be discussing budget requests. 
> 
>  
> 
> Please let me know if you have any questions or anything you would like to add to the agenda.
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>  
> 
> Topic: Data Stewardship Monthly Telecon
> 
> Date: The 2nd Monday of every 1 months, from Monday, September 10, 2012
> 
> Time: 2:00 pm, Eastern Daylight Time (New York, GMT-04:00)
> 
> Meeting Number: 928 267 387
> 
> Meeting Password: datapres
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>  
> 
> Agenda:
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> DOI Landing pages
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> http://wiki.esipfed.org/index.php/DOI_Landing_Pages
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>  
> 
> Data Citation Guidelines for Editors and Reviewers
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> http://wiki.esipfed.org/index.php/Interagency_Data_Stewardship/Citations/editor_reviewer_guidelines)
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> ESIP Federation Budget Requests
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> http://wiki.esipfed.org/index.php/Federation_Documents#Budget_Requests
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>  
> 
> Link to meeting notes (I will be taking notes here during the call):
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> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jU7VAonGe56Ysj6hE52nFNR1k0TvBQUg5PnWoOeS-h0/edit
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>  
> 
> Thanks!
> Sarah
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>  
> 
> Sarah Ramdeen PhD Student
> 
> School of Information and Library Science
> 
> University of North Carolina
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> ramdeen at email.unc.edu
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> http://ramdeen.web.unc.edu/
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