Douglas J. Foskett
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Douglas J. Foskett was a British librarian and information scientist known for his influential work in library classification and information retrieval.
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| Douglas J. Foskett canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
information scientist
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librarian ⓘ person ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence |
British librarianship
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international library and information science community ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
development of information retrieval theory
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development of modern library classification systems ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
information retrieval
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information science ⓘ library classification ⓘ library science ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline | library and information science ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| hasNotableIdea |
application of faceted classification to special libraries
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user-oriented approaches to information retrieval ⓘ |
| hasRole |
practitioner in special librarianship
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theorist of library classification ⓘ |
| hasWrittenWorkOn |
information retrieval
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library classification ⓘ special libraries ⓘ |
| influenced | later library classification theorists ⓘ |
| influencedBy | S. R. Ranganathan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isKnownAs | D. J. Foskett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contributions to faceted classification
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work on information retrieval ⓘ work on library classification ⓘ |
| occupation |
information scientist
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librarian ⓘ |
| workLocation | United Kingdom ⓘ |
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