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ASIS&T Thesaurus of Information Science, Technology, and Librarianship

Thesaurus of information management concepts

General information
Vocabulary alternative name or acronym: 

ASIS&T Thesaurus

Vocabulary type: 
thes
Author or Editor: 
Alice Redmond-Neal and Marjorie M.K. Hlava
Current version/edition : 
THird Edition
Current version date: 
Sun, 2009-02-01
Update frequency: 
annually
Available formats: 
XML, tab delimited
Was vocabulary created as a course project: 
0
Scope and Usage
Purpose: 

Indexing ASIS&T Journal, Bulletin, and other publications

Used By: 

ASIS&T

Vocabulary characteristics
Type of display : 
hier
alph
full
perm
prmc
Relationship types: 
hier_bn
Number of classes: 

18

Number of terms: 
2905
Number of preferred terms: 
1851
Number of Non-Preferred terms: 
1054
Depth of Hierarchy: 
6 levels
Provider
Vocabulary provider name: 
ASIS&T
Provider URL: 
Provider section comments: 

"Since 1937, the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) has been the society for information professionals leading the search for new and better theories, techniques, and technologies to improve access to information."