Organizing information within a document such as a scholarly article through the use of functional units. 

Genre Structure

Cataloging is the process of assigning identifiers (author and title) and subjects to an information resource so that the user may retrieve it. 

Cataloging

Metadata is structured data that describes an information resource and points a user to the actual information resource.

Metadata

- Genre Structure
- Cataloging 
- Metadata

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The categorization, structure, and description of information resources to aid search. 

Information Organization in Libraries

Zhang, Lei. (2014). Linking information through function. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 65(11), 2293-2305. https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.23123  

Linking information through function

Joudrey, D. N. (2017). Cataloging. In Encyclopedia of library and information sciences (4th edition). Taylor & Francis.

Focuses of Information Organization

Strategic Planning is a series of analysis and observations made to structure information organization. This can also help libraries develop greater skills at project development.

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