1. Classification: the beginnings

2. But everyone starts with Sumerian tablets

3. What is classification? Basic classification terminology Selected classification systems Choosing a classification system Is classification necessary? Is it practical? Is it philosophical?

4. What is classification? The placing of subjects into categories – A system for organizing, categorizing knowledge Roots of current classification systems go back to Aristotle’s classical theory of categories

5. Historical perspective

6. Aristotle and Taxonomy History of Animals (Historia Animalium)Historia Animalium Taxonomy is the study of scientific classification – the classification of living organisms according to their natural relationships Aristotle – introduced the two key concepts of taxonomy classification of organisms by type binomial definition (two names) http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/history_anim.html

7. Carolus Linnaeus Linnaean classification 1735 century system System of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera and species, with characteristics, differences, synonyms, places. http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/histor y/linnaeus.html

8. Other classification schemes Francis Bacon 1605, published his outline of knowledge http://freechaptersinbooks.com/ 2012/09/07/the-classification-of- the-sciences-francis-bacon/ http://freechaptersinbooks.com/ 2012/09/07/the-classification-of- the-sciences-francis-bacon/ Britannica Concise Encyclopedia, s.v. "Bacon, Francis, Viscount St. Albans," accessed June 04, 2013, http://www.credoreference.com/ entry/ebconcise/bacon_francis_vi scount_st_albansBacon, Francis, Viscount St. Albans http://www.credoreference.com/ entry/ebconcise/bacon_francis_vi scount_st_albans

9. Other classification schemes Jean Le Rond d’Alembert 1751-1758 Diderot's principal collaborator on the Encyclopédie Diderot's Discours préliminaire – http://www.britannica.c om/EBchecked/topic/13 787/Jean-Le-Rond- dAlembert http://www.britannica.c om/EBchecked/topic/13 787/Jean-Le-Rond- dAlembert

10. Anthony Panizzi British Library, national library of Great Britain Part of the British Museum Library collection originated in 1753 1757, George II donated his royal library 1823, George III donated his library Panizzi, started at the British Library in 1831 Became “Keeper of the Library” in 1837 – 1839 developed 91 Rules for Compilation of the Catalogue Foscused on the relationship between versions of books Catalogue of Printed Books in the British Museum: Volume 1 (457 pages. London, 1841). Only the volume covering the letter 'A' was published.