The book classification of William Torrey Harris: influences of Bacon and Hegel in library classification
The studies of library classification generally interact with the historical contextualization approach and with the classification ideas typical of Philosophy. In the 19th century, the North-American philosopher and educator William Torrey Harris developed a book classification at the St. Louis Pub...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2017 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) |
| Repositorio: | Encontros Bibli |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:periodicos.ufsc.br:article/48838 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/eb/article/view/1518-2924.2017v22n50p188 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Classificação de livros Classificação de biblioteca William Torrey Harris Francis Bacon Hegel Book classification Library classification |
| Sumario: | The studies of library classification generally interact with the historical contextualization approach and with the classification ideas typical of Philosophy. In the 19th century, the North-American philosopher and educator William Torrey Harris developed a book classification at the St. Louis Public School, based on Francis Bacon and Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel. The objective of this essay is to analyze Harris’s classification, reflecting upon his theoretical and philosophical backgrounds. To achieve such objective, this essay adopts a critical-descriptive approach for analysis. Results show some influences of Bacon and Hegel in Harris’s classification. |
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