Library Publishes Article in Important Library Science Magazine
Our library has published a scientific article in JLis.it, one of the most important Italian magazines focusing on Library Science. The article is entitled: Recupero della classificazione decimale Dewey da altre basi di dati: un progetto di bonifica del catalogo, (The Recovery of the Dewey Decimal System from Other Databases: A Catalog Recovery Project). It was written by Stefano Bargioni, Michele Caputo, Alberto Gambardella and Luigi Gentile.
The practical result of this work for library patrons is an improved catalog search, based on the Dewey Decimal System. Through this method, it is possible to better locate books in specific areas of interest. Further, once a book with Dewey classification is found, other similar books are also easier to locate.
Currently, the Dewey System has been assigned to around 60 thousand documents. It is a particularly important development for books in the School of Institutional Social Communications, since this School's documents are organized using the homonym system.
