Abstract
Purpose: Mnemonics was a tool in classification and information seeking processes in pre-print libraries. This paper considers the role of spatial mnemonics in Hellenistic libraries, including the one in Alexandria.
Design/methodology/approach: Since Library- and Information Science has not explored this subject in depth, philology, rhetoric, book-history and archeology constitute the core literature. From this literature, the role of mnemonics in the libraries is discussed.
Findings: A new description of the practice of classification and retrieval in Hellenistic libraries, based on spatial mnemonics.
Originality/value: This paper is a new analysis of spatial mnemonics in the Hellenistic libraries. As will become clear, they blend easily and logically with each other.
Design/methodology/approach: Since Library- and Information Science has not explored this subject in depth, philology, rhetoric, book-history and archeology constitute the core literature. From this literature, the role of mnemonics in the libraries is discussed.
Findings: A new description of the practice of classification and retrieval in Hellenistic libraries, based on spatial mnemonics.
Originality/value: This paper is a new analysis of spatial mnemonics in the Hellenistic libraries. As will become clear, they blend easily and logically with each other.
| Bidragets oversatte titel | Mnemoteknik i Mouseion: Overvejelser om rumlig mnemoteknik som klassifikations- og søgeredskab |
|---|---|
| Originalsprog | Engelsk |
| Tidsskrift | Journal of Documentation |
| Vol/bind | 71 |
| Udgave nummer | 2 |
| Sider (fra-til) | 278-293 |
| Antal sider | 15 |
| ISSN | 0022-0418 |
| Status | Udgivet - 9 mar. 2015 |
Emneord
- Det Humanistiske Fakultet