EVALUATING LITERARY AND SCHOLARLY WARRANTS IN BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CLASSIFICATIONS

a methodological endeavour

Autores/as

  • Paulo Vicente University of Coimbra - Faculty of Arts and Humanities / CEIS20 — Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies
  • Ana Lúcia Terra University of Coimbra - Faculty of Arts and Humanities / CEIS20 — Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies
  • Jamie Johnston Oslo Metropolitan University - Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Archivistics, Library and Information Science

Palabras clave:

Scholarly warrant, Literary warrant, Knowledge organisation, Classification theory

Resumen

Within knowledge organisation studies, the Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) remains overlooked regarding the warrants upon which it is grounded, alongside its representation of mental health and mental illness. The research endeavours to determine the extent to which the schedule for psychiatry of the Universal Decimal Classification is based on literary warrant and scholarly warrant. Literary warrant, as an approach to domain analysis’ bibliometric and terminological studies, is assessed through term co-occurrence analysis of titles and abstracts from journal articles in psychiatry. Conversely, scholarly warrant, as an approach to domain analysis’ expert knowledge, is evaluated by theory-generating expert interviews with psychiatry specialists and hermeneutic analysis. The research leads to the formulation of methodological models for the evaluation of the literary warrant and scholarly warrant in knowledge classification systems, providing a more comprehensive understanding of Universal Decimal Classification’s theoretical foundations.

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2025-05-30

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Vicente, P., Terra, A. L., & Johnston, J. (2025). EVALUATING LITERARY AND SCHOLARLY WARRANTS IN BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CLASSIFICATIONS: a methodological endeavour. Páginas a&b, 145–162. Recuperado a partir de https://ojs.letras.up.pt/index.php/paginasaeb/article/view/15307