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Finding information in a “gender-neutral” information environment

Finding information in a “gender-neutral” information environment. Anne Welsh Lecturer in Library & Information Studies Julianne Nyhan Teaching Fellow in Digital Humanities University College London. On the Internet, no-one knows …. Image: myxi, http://www.flickr.com/photos/myxi/448253580/.

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Finding information in a “gender-neutral” information environment

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  1. Finding information in a “gender-neutral” information environment Anne Welsh Lecturer in Library & Information Studies Julianne Nyhan Teaching Fellow in Digital Humanities University College London

  2. On the Internet, no-one knows … Image: myxi, http://www.flickr.com/photos/myxi/448253580/

  3. Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know men. ~ Confucian proverb

  4. Keywords

  5. Controlled Vocabularies • Subject Headings • e.g. Library of Congress (LCSH) • Thesauri

  6. Classification The systematic arrangement by subject of books and other materials on shelves or of catalogue and index entries in the manner that is most useful to those who read or who seek a definite piece of information. ~ Arthur Maltby. Sayers’ Manual of Classification for Librarians. Image: Enokson, http://www.flickr.com/photos/vblibrary/4479445497/

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