Classication Research Group
The Classication Research Group (CRG) was a sig-
nicant contributor to classication research and theory
in the eld of library and information science in the latter
half of the 20th century.[1][2][3][4][5] It was formed in Eng-
land in 1952 and was active until 1968. Among its mem-
bers were Derek Austin, Eric Coates, Jason Farradane,
Robert Fairthorne, Douglas Foskett, Barbara Kyle, Derek
Langridge, Jack Mills, Bernard Palmer, Jack Wells, and
Brian Campbell Vickery. The group formed important
principles on faceted classication and also worked on the
theory of integrative levels.[6]
1 Publications
1955. The need for a faceted classication as the ba-
sis for all methods of information retrieval. Library
Association Record, 57(7), 262-268.
1958. Classication Research Group Bulletin No.
4. Journal of Documentation, 14( 3), 136-143.
1959. Classication Research Group Bulletin No.
5. Journal of Documentation, 15(1), 39-57.
1961. Classication Research Group Bulletin No.
6. Journal of Documentation, 17(3), 156-172.
1962. Classication Research Group Bulletin No.
7. Journal of Documentation, 18( 2), 65-88.
1964. Classication Research Group Bulletin No.
8. Journal of Documentation, 20(3), 146-169.
1968. Classication Research Group Bulletin No.
9. Journal of Documentation, 24(4), 273-298.
1969. Classication and information control: Pa-
pers representing the work of the Classication Re-
search Group during 1960-1968. London: Library
Association.
2 See also
Document classication
Knowledge organization
Subject (documents)
1
3 References
[1] Foskett, D. J. (1971). The Classication Research Group
1952-1968. In Kent, A.; Lancour, H. Encyclopedia of
Library and iInformation Science. 5. New York: Marcel
Dekker. pp. 141145.
[2] Hopkins, F. (1973). General classication theory: a re-
view of the CRG work. Library Resources and Technical
Services. 17 (2): 201210.
[3] Justice, A. (2004). Information science as a facet of the
history of British science: the origins of the Classica-
tion Research Group. In Rayward, B.; Bowden, M. E.
The History and Heritage of Scientic and Technological
Information Systems. Medford, NJ: Information Today.
CiteSeerX 10.1.1.163.7203 .
[4] McIlwaine, I.; Broughton, V. (2000). The Classication
Research Group: then and now. Knowledge Organiza-
tion. 27 (4): 195199.
[5] Wilson, T. D. (1972). The work of the British CRG. In
Wellisch, H.; Wilson, T. D. Subject Retrieval in the Seven-
ties: New Directions. Proceedings of an International Sym-
posium held at the Center of Adult Education, University
of Maryland, College Park, May 1415, 1971. Westport,
Conn.: Greenwood. pp. 6271.
[6] Spiteri, L. F. (1995). The Classication Research Group
and the Theory of Integrative Levels. Katharine Sharp
Review. 1 (Summer 1995): 16. Archived from the orig-
inal on 2001-12-22.
4 Further reading
Afolabi, M. (1985). A sociological study of the
Classication Research Group. Library Science with
a Slant to Documentation, 22(2), 77-85.
Broughton, Vanda (2011). Brian Vickery and the
Classication Research Group: the legacy of faceted
classication. In Gilchrist, A. (Ed.) Proceedings of
the Second National ISKO UK Conference 2011.
Frohmann, Bernard P. (1983). An investigation of
the semantic bases of some theoretical principles of
classication proposed by Austin and the CRG. Cat-
aloging and Classication Quarterly, 4(1), 11-27.
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