The use of traditional systems of knowledge organization in peruvian libraries

Authors

  • Rosa Dorival Córdova Universidad del Pacífico - UP
  • Carlos Javier Rojas Lazaro Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos - UNMSM

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5195/biblios.2012.38

Keywords:

Systems of Knowledge Organization (SKO), Clasification system, Subject headings, Thesaurus, Indexing languages, Peru

Abstract

It describes and discusses the use of the most traditional Systems of Knowledge Organization, such as the Dewey Decimal Classification and the Library of Congress (LC), lists of subject headings and thesauri; in the Peruvian information systems. It also identifies the thesauri produced in Peru since the decade of the seventies of the last century to date.

Author Biographies

Rosa Dorival Córdova, Universidad del Pacífico - UP

Licenciada en Sociología, egresada de la Escuela Nacional de Bibliotecarios, egresada de la Maestría en Bibliotecología e Información de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Ha publicado libros y artículos sobre bibliografías especializadas en temas afroperuanos y de ciencias sociales. Actualmente, esta a cargo de la Biblioteca de la Universidad del Pacífico, así como abocada a trabajos de promoción de la lectura tanto en Lima como en el interior del país y en la investigación sobre afroperuanos y discriminación en el Perú.

Carlos Javier Rojas Lazaro, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos - UNMSM

Bibliotecólogo. Bachiller y licenciado por la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (UNMSM). Desde 1993 es funcionario de la Biblioteca Nacional del Perú (BNP); actualmente, es Director Ejecutivo de Procesos Técnicos Hemerográficos. Desde 1998 es docente auxiliar del departamento académico de Bibliotecología y Ciencias de la Información de la UNMSM en el Área de Procesamiento de la Información. Ha publicado diversos documentos en su especialidad. Es expositor en eventos a nivel local, nacional e internacional. En el 2004 ha participado en la Segunda Reunión IFLA de Expertos sobre un Código Internacional de Catalogación, realizada en Buenos Aires, Argentina. En el 2005 participó como expositor en el Primer Encuentro Internacional de Catalogadores, desarrollado en Lima, Perú, en representación de la BNP y de la UNMSM.

Downloads

Published

2012-04-25

How to Cite

Dorival Córdova, R., & Rojas Lazaro, C. J. (2012). The use of traditional systems of knowledge organization in peruvian libraries. Biblios Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, (46), 26–32. https://doi.org/10.5195/biblios.2012.38

Issue

No. 46 (2012)

Section

Review

License

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

  1. The Author retains copyright in the Work, where the term “Work” shall include all digital objects that may result in subsequent electronic publication or distribution.
  2. Upon acceptance of the Work, the author shall grant to the Publisher the right of first publication of the Work.
  3. The Author shall grant to the Publisher and its agents the nonexclusive perpetual right and license to publish, archive, and make accessible the Work in whole or in part in all forms of media now or hereafter known under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License or its equivalent, which, for the avoidance of doubt, allows others to copy, distribute, and transmit the Work under the following conditions:
    1. Attribution—other users must attribute the Work in the manner specified by the author as indicated on the journal Web site;
    with the understanding that the above condition can be waived with permission from the Author and that where the Work or any of its elements is in the public domain under applicable law, that status is in no way affected by the license.
  4. The Author is able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the nonexclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the Work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), as long as there is provided in the document an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
  5. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post online a prepublication manuscript (but not the Publisher’s final formatted PDF version of the Work) in institutional repositories or on their Websites prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work. Any such posting made before acceptance and publication of the Work shall be updated upon publication to include a reference to the Publisher-assigned DOI (Digital Object Identifier) and a link to the online abstract for the final published Work in the Journal.
  6. Upon Publisher’s request, the Author agrees to furnish promptly to Publisher, at the Author’s own expense, written evidence of the permissions, licenses, and consents for use of third-party material included within the Work, except as determined by Publisher to be covered by the principles of Fair Use.
  7. The Author represents and warrants that:
    1. the Work is the Author’s original work;
    2. the Author has not transferred, and will not transfer, exclusive rights in the Work to any third party;
    3. the Work is not pending review or under consideration by another publisher;
    4. the Work has not previously been published;
    5. the Work contains no misrepresentation or infringement of the Work or property of other authors or third parties; and
    6. the Work contains no libel, invasion of privacy, or other unlawful matter.
  8. The Author agrees to indemnify and hold Publisher harmless from Author’s breach of the representations and warranties contained in Paragraph 6 above, as well as any claim or proceeding relating to Publisher’s use and publication of any content contained in the Work, including third-party content.

Revised 7/16/2018. Revision Description: Removed outdated link.