Document (#12665)

Author

Roux, P.J.A.
Rykheer, J.H.

Title

Developing a South African master thesaurus for community information

Source

South African journal of library and information science. 58(1990) no.2, S.174-179

Year

1990

Abstract

In 1987 the Department of Library and Information Science at the University of South Africa committed itself to a research programme on community information. As part of that programme, the Department's Centre for Library and Information Service is compiling a prototype resource file of community information for a well-defined community in the Pretoria municipality. To retrieve information from the file, the Centre adopted an alphabetical approach, which necessitated a thesaurus. Instead of developing a thesaurus for the specific needs of the particular community, a "master" thesaurus, applicable to South African communities can be generated. The development of this South African "master" thesaurus for community information is described and the results reviewed.

Theme

Konzeption und Anwendung des Prinzips Thesaurus

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