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A collection is a group of resources that have been selected for some purpose. Resource-type: a novel, biography, etc. (ordering on the type of …
A collection is a group of resources that have been selected for some purpose. Resource-type: a novel, biography, etc. (ordering on the type of artefact) Resource-kind: coin collection, stamp collection, etc. (ordering on the medium of artefact) A collection itself can also be a resource. An index is a description resource that contains information about the location and frequencies of terms in a collection to enable more efficient search. What then is a library? According to Glushko, they are organizing systems which “select, collect, organize, conserve, preserve, and provide access to…
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