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Forthcoming

  • Essential Library of Congress subject headings London: Facet [in preparation]
  • (with J. Mills and E. Coates) Bliss Bibliographic Classification 2nd edition Class C Chemistry Munich : Saur [in preparation]
  • "Emergent vocabulary control in Web 2.0: some comparisons with conventional LIS theory and practice" Cahiers du numerique [in press]
  • "Concepts and terms in the faceted classification: the case of UDC" Knowledge organization 37(4) [in press]
  • "The fall and rise of knowledge organization: new dimensions of subject description and retrieval" Aslib Proceedings 62(5) [in press]
  • "Teaching reference and information sources at the Department of Information Studies, UCL" Refer September 2010 [in press]

2010

  • "Terminologie a facette nel recupero dell'informazione: l'importanza del controllo del vocabolario nei sistemi di informazione contemporanei" (Translation by Laura Ballestra) in I workshop di Teca: 8 focus per le biblioteche. Bari: Edizioni dal Sud, 2010, p. 79-84 [Paper originally presented at 11th Workshop, Bari, 23-24 June, 2008]
  • "Finding Bliss on the web: some problems of representing faceted terminologies in digital environments" Eleventh International ISKO Conference: paradigms and conceptual systems in KO 23-26 February, 2010, Rome
  • "The use and construction of thesauri for legal documentation" Legal information management 10(1) 35-42

2009

  • "Bliss Bibliographic Classification: 2nd edition" in Bates, Marcia and Maack, Mary Encyclopedia of library & information sciences. 3rd edition New York: Taylor & Francis, 2009
  • "Concepts and terms in the faceted classification: the case of UDC" Paper presented at UDC International Seminar: Classification at the crossroads. 29-30 October, 2009, The Hague (Paper to be published in Knowledge organization)
  • (with Golub K, Buchanan G, Everitt E, Nielsen M, Soergel D, Tudhope D.) "EASTER project: Evaluating Automated Subject Tools for Enhancing Retrieval". Poster, The 8th European Networked Knowledge Organization Systems (NKOS) Workshop at the 13th European Conference on Digital Libraries (ECDL) Conference, Corfu.
  • "Facet analysis as the theoretical basis of vocabulary tool construction and subject representation in real and digital environments" Paper presented at ISKO UK Conference Content architecture: managing and exploiting diverse resources, 23-24 June, 2009, London

2008

  • (with M. Polfreman and A. Wilson) Metadata Generation for Resource Discovery, Final report
  • "Language related problems in the construction of faceted terminologies and their automatic management" in Culture and identity in knowledge organization: proceedings of the Tenth International ISKO Conference, 5-8 August 2008, Montréal, Canada. Arsenault, Clément and Tennis, Joseph, eds. Wurzburg: Ergon, 2008
  • "A faceted classification as the basis of a faceted terminology" Axiomathes 2008 18(2) 193-210 Springer online DOI 10.1007/s10516-007-9027-7
  • "Henry Evelyn Bliss; the other immortal or a prophet without honour?" Journal of librarianship and information science 2008 40(1) 43-58
  • Ballestra, Laura "L'indicizzazione semantica al tempo del web, / Semantic indexing in the time of the web". Biblioteche Oggi, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 57-62, 2008 [An interview with Vanda Broughton]
  • "Thematic guide to Biblical literature, by Nancy M. Tischler" Reference reviews 22(5) 2008 (Review article)
  • "International librarianship: a basic guide to global knowledge access, edited by Robert D. Stueart" Reference reviews 22(4) 2008 (Review article)
  • "LISU Annual Library Statistics 2006: featuring trend analysis of UK public and academic libraries 1995-2005, edited by Claire Creaser, Sally Maynard, and Sonya White" Reference reviews 22(2) 2008 (Review article)
  • "Encyclopedia of religious revivals in America edited by Michael McClymond" Reference reviews 22(1) 2008 (Review article)

2007

  • "Classification and subject organization and retrieval" in J. H. Bowman (Ed.) British library and information work 2001-2005 Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007 467-488
  • (with Aida Slavic) "Building a faceted classification for the humanities: principles and procedures" Journal of documentation 2007 63(5) 727-754
  • "Meccano, molecules and knowledge organization: the continuing contribution of S. R. Ranganathan" ISKO UK event Ranganathan revisited: facets for the future, University College London, 5 November, 2007
  • "Facet analysis as a fundamental theory for structuring subject organization tools" NKOS workshop of the European Conference on Digital Libraries, Budapest 17-21 September, 2007
  • "Theological dictionary of the Old Testament Vo. XV, ed. Johannes Botterweck et al." Reference reviews 21(6) 2007 15-17 (Review article)
  • "Worldmark encyclopedia of religious practices, edited by Thomas J. Riggs" Reference reviews 21(2) 2007 23-24 (Review article)

2006

  • Essential thesaurus construction London : Facet 2006
  • (with J. Mills) Bliss Bibliographic Classification 2nd edition Class W Fine arts Munich : Saur 2006
  • "Classification and subject organization and retrieval" in J. H. Bowman (Ed.) British library and information work 1991-2000 Aldershot: Ashgate, 2006 494-516
  • "The need for a faceted classification as the basis of all methods of information retrieval" Aslib proceedings 2006 58(1/2) pp. 49-72
  • "Supernatural literature of the world: an encyclopedia, edited by S. T. Joshi and Stefan Dziemianiwicz" Reference reviews 20(7) 2006 34-35 (Review article)
  • "Ancient texts for the study of the Hebrew Bible: a guide to the background literature, by Kenton L. Sparks" Reference reviews 20(5) 2006 9-10 (Review article)
  • "Van Nostrand's encyclopedia of chemistry (5th ed.), edited by Glenn Considine" Reference reviews 20(3) 2006 45-46 (Review article)
  • "New SCM dictionary of Christian spirituality, edited by Philip Sheldrake" Reference reviews 20(2) 2006 16 (Review article)

2005

  • (with Joacim Hansson, Birger Hjorland and Maria J. Lopez-Huertas) "Knowledge organization" Chapter 7 in Leif Kajberg and Leif Lorring European curriculum reflections on library and information science education Copenhagen : Royal School of Library & Information Science 2005 p. 133-148 
  • "Saints on earth: a biographical companion to Common Worship, by John H. Darch and Stuart K. Burns" Reference reviews 19(8) 2005 12-13 (Review article)
  • "How to find information: a guide for researchers, by Sally Rumsey" Reference reviews 19(7) 2005 12 (Review article)
  • "Dictionary of saints, edited by Martin Manser Reference reviews 19(7) 2005 16-17" (Review article)
  • "Oxford dictionary of saints (5th ed.), edited by David Farmer" Reference reviews 19(6) 2005 15-16 (Review article)
  • "Greenwood encyclopedia of everyday life, edited by Joyce Salisbury" Reference reviews 19(3) 2005 50-51(Review article)
  • "SAGE dictionary of statistics, by Duncan Cramer and Dennis Howitt" Reference reviews 19(2) 2005 26-27. (Review article)
  • "Concise dictionary of the Bible, edited by Stephen Neill et al." Reference reviews 19(1) 2005 12. (Review article)

2004

  • Essential classification London : Facet 2004
  • "Faceted classification: a tool for subject access in the twenty-first century" Signum 2004 (8) pp. 5-18
  • "Essential classification" CILIP Gazette December 2004 p.1-2
  • "ISKO 8 Conference report" DigiCULT.info 9, November 2004 p. 41-42 http://www.digicult.info/downloads/digicult_info_9_xs.pdf
  • "Greenwood encyclopedia of everyday life" Reference reviews 2004 (Review article)
  • (with Heather Lane) "Bliss Bibliographic Classification in action: moving from a special to a universal faceted classification via a digital platform" in I. C. McIlwaine (Ed.) Knowledge organization and the global information society. Proceedings of the eighth international ISKO conference 13-16th July 2004. London, UK Ergon : Wurzburg, pp. 73-78
  • (with Vincent Matthews) "Enhancing information skills through WebCT" Paper presented at UCL Teaching and learning conference. 31 March 2004

2002

  • "A new common auxiliary table for relations, processes and operations", Extensions and corrections to the UDC 24 2002 pp. 29-35.
  • "Facet analytical theory as a basis for knowledge organization tools in a subject portal", in Challenges in knowledge representation and organization for the 21st century; integration of knowledge across boundaries. Proceedings of the seventh international ISKO conference 10-13 July 2002 Granada, Spain, M. Lopez-Huertas, ed., Ergon : Wurzburg 2002 pp. 135-141.
  • "Organizing a national humanities portal; a model for the classification and subject management of digital resources", Information research watch international 2002(2) pp. 2-4.
  • (with Michael Fraser, & Sheila Anderson.) "Facet analytical theory as a basis for a subject organization tool in a humanities portal" New directions in humanities computing. 14th Joint international conference of the Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing and the Association for Computers and the Humanities. Conference abstracts Tubingen : University of Tubingen 2002 pp. 24-26.

2001

  • "Faceted classification as a basis for knowledge organization in a digital environment; the Bliss Bibliographic Classification as a model for vocabulary management and the creation of multidimensional structures", New review of hypermedia and multimedia. 2001
  • "Klasifikacija za 21. stoljece: nacela i struktura Blissove bibliografske klasifikacije [A classification for the 21st century: principles and structure of the Bliss Bibliographic Classification]", Vjesnik Bibliotekara Hrvatske 44(1-4) 2001
  • "Expansion of Class 24 Buddhism", Extensions and corrections to the UDC 23 2001 p. 11.
  • "Current research on the Bliss Bibliographic Classification", Information research watch international February 2001, pp. 2-3.
  • (with Heather Lane) "Classification schemes revisited; applications to web indexing and searching" in Internet searching and indexing; the subject approach, A. R. Thomas & J. A. Shearer, eds., New York : Haworth, 2001 pp. 143-155.

2000

  • "A new classification for the literature of religion", International cataloguing and bibliographic control 2000(4)
  • "A new classification for the literature of religion". Paper read at the 66th IFLA Council and General Conference Jerusalem Israel 13-18 August.
  • "Structural, linguistic and mathematical elements in indexing languages and search engines; implications for the use of index languages in electronic and non-LIS environments," in Dynamism and stability in knowledge organization; proceedings of the sixth international ISKO conference 10-13 July 2000 Toronto, Canada, C. Beghtol, L. C. Howarth, & N. J. Williamson, eds., Ergon : Wurzburg 2000 pp. 206-212.
  • (with Heather Lane) "Classification schemes revisited; applications to web indexing and searching" Journal of Internet cataloging 2(3/4) 2000 pp. 143-155.
  • (with I. C. McIlwaine) "The Classification Research Group - then and now" Knowledge organization 27(4) pp. 195-199.

1999

  • "Notational expressivity: the case for and against the representation of internal subject structure in notational coding" Knowledge organization 26(3) 1999 p140-148
  • "Class 2 Religion and Theology; a new schedule for the UDC main class 2", Extensions and corrections to the UDC 21 1999 pp. 39-56.
  • (with J. Mills) Bliss Bibliographic Classification 2nd edition Class AY/B General Science and Physics London : Bowker Saur 1999

1998

  • "The revision process in UDC: an examination of the systematic auxiliary of 'Point-of-View' using facet analytical methods" Paper delivered at Workshop "UDC in the next Millennium" 64th Council and General Conference of IFLA Amsterdam 20th August 1998.
  • "The revision process in UDC; an examination of the Systematic Auxiliary of 'Point-of-View' using facet analytical methods", Extensions and corrections to the UDC 1998 20 pp. 17-20.
  • "The development of a common auxiliary schedule of property; a preliminary survey and proposal for its development" in Extensions and corrections to the UDC 20 1998 pp. 37-42

Older Publications

  • (with J. Mills) Bliss Bibliographic Classification 2nd edition Class S Law London : Bowker-Saur 1996
  • (with J. Mills) Bliss Bibliographic Classification 2nd edition Class R Politics and Public administration London : Bowker-Saur 1996
  • (with J. Mills) Bliss Bibliographic Classification 2nd edition Class Q Social welfare London : Bowker-Saur 1994
  • (with J. Mills) Bliss Bibliographic Classification 2nd edition Class AM/AX Mathematics, Statistics and Probability London : Bowker-Saur 1993
  • (with J. Mills) Bliss Bibliographic Classification 2nd edition Class J Education London : Bowker-Saur 1990
  • (with J. Mills) Bliss Bibliographic Classification 2nd edition Class T Economics London : Bowker-Saur 1987
  • (with J. Mills) Bliss Bibliographic Classification 2nd edition Class K Society London : Butterworth 1984
  • (with J. Mills) Bliss Bibliographic Classification 2nd edition Class H Anthropology, Human Biology, Health Sciences London : Bowker-Saur 1980
  • (with J. Mills) Bliss Bibliographic Classification 2nd edition Class I Psychology and Psychiatry London : Butterworth 1978
  • (with J. Mills) Bliss Bibliographic Classification 2nd edition Class P Religion, the Occult, Morals and ethics London : Butterworth 1977
  • (with J. Mills) Bliss Bibliographic Classification 2nd edition Introduction and Auxiliary Schedules London : Butterworth 1977