In Reading the Map of
Knowledge: The Art of Being a Librarian, Peter Briscoe provides an “epistemically
dynamic” way of representing a library’s collection. He recommends conceiving
of it as organized into four concentric rings. At the center is the Index,
which consists of works such as catalogs that identify and locate other works.
Next is the Encyclopedia, which is comprised by reference works that summarize
other works. The Canon is next. It is made up of the works that contain the
current state of knowledge. The outer and largest ring is the Archive, which
includes all the other works.
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