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  1.  
  2.                                  APPENDIX A.
  3.  
  4.                            INFORMATION ACCESS MODEL
  5.               (A conceptual model of traditional library access)
  6.  
  7.  
  8.               A. Information archive transaction/support system
  9.  
  10.                    A.1. Archive collection assembly & maintenance
  11.                       system
  12.                    A.2. Design of access system
  13.  
  14.                         A.2.a. User access file [direct file, C., p
  15.                            18]
  16.                         A.2.b. User interface [presentation means,
  17.                            design]
  18.                         A.2.c. Building tools [production tools]
  19.                         A.2.d. Organization/Control tools
  20.  
  21.               B. Information access system
  22.  
  23.                    B.1. Types of access points
  24.  
  25.                         B.1.a. Main file sequence - direct file
  26.                            access
  27.                         B.1.b. Author
  28.                         B.1.c. Title
  29.                         B.1.d. Name forms
  30.  
  31.                              B.1.d.i. Personal
  32.                              B.1.d.ii. Corporate (incl.
  33.                                 organizations, government, etc.)
  34.  
  35.                         B.1.e. Keywords
  36.                         B.1.f. Subject/Topic/Concept
  37.                         B.1.g. Geographic
  38.                         B.1.h. Date, chronological, temporal
  39.                         B.1.i. Language
  40.                         B.1.j. Document format - book, article,
  41.                            pamphlet, report, etc.
  42.                         B.1.k. Document position - section, page,
  43.                            location
  44.                         B.1.l. Automated field specifications -
  45.                            record size, entry date, notations,
  46.                            originator, etc.
  47.  
  48.                    B.2. Types of access approaches
  49.  
  50.                         B.2.a. Classification scheme
  51.  
  52.                              B.2.a.i. Hierarchical taxonomy
  53.                              B.2.a.ii. Enumerative, universal,
  54.                                 classification
  55.                              B.2.a.iii. Specialized, literary
  56.                                 warrant classification
  57.                              B.2.a.iv. Faceted classification
  58.                                 (analytico-synthetic) [C., p. 65]
  59.  
  60.                         B.2.b. Indexing approaches
  61.  
  62.                              B.2.b.i. Alphabetical index, separate
  63.                                 or dictionary file
  64.  
  65.                                   B.2.b.i.A. Keywords, extracted or
  66.                                      assigned
  67.                                   B.2.b.i.B. Controlled vocabulary
  68.                                      assignment
  69.                                   B.2.b.i.C. Relative index, e.g.,
  70.                                      to Dewey classification
  71.  
  72.                              B.2.b.ii. Term manipulation indexes
  73.                                 (generally for production of printed
  74.                                 output)
  75.  
  76.                                   B.2.b.ii.A. Simple permuted or
  77.                                      rotated - KWIC
  78.                                   B.2.b.ii.B. Ordered by extracted
  79.                                      element - KWOC
  80.                                   B.2.b.ii.C. String indexing
  81.                                      (phrase-manipulation) - PRECIS,
  82.                                      NEPHIS
  83.                                   B.2.b.ii.D. Chain indexing [C.,
  84.                                      p. 67]
  85.  
  86.                              B.2.b.iii. Classified index (generally
  87.                                 requires secondary alphabetical
  88.                                 index, for ease of use) [C., p. 56]
  89.                              B.2.b.iv. Coordinate indexing - Manual
  90.                                 coordination or automated database
  91.                                 file, using Boolean search [C., p.
  92.                                 60]
  93.  
  94.                                    B.2.b.iv.A. Older non-automated
  95.                                      searching methods - peekaboo,
  96.                                      edge-notched cards, Uniterm
  97.                                      terminal digit cards
  98.                                   B.2.b.iv.B. Database file search -
  99.                                       Sequential or indexed field
  100.                                      search
  101.                                   B.2.b.iv.C. Full text search
  102.  
  103.                              B.2.b.v. Faceted indexing [C., p 65]
  104.                              B.2.b.vi. Citation indexing [C., p.
  105.                                 72]
  106.  
  107.                    B.3. Control mechanisms
  108.  
  109.                         B.3.a. Classification schedule
  110.                         B.3.b. Vocabulary control systems
  111.  
  112.                              B.3.b.i. Authority/Headings files
  113.                              B.3.b.ii. Thesaurus control
  114.                              B.3.b.iii. Derived-term methods or
  115.                                 algorithms
  116.                              B.3.b.iv. Hierarchical search
  117.                                 thesaurus (database file)
  118.                              B.3.b.v. Term form control mechanisms
  119.  
  120.                                   B.3.b.v.A. Entry syntax
  121.                                      (preferred noun/adjective,
  122.                                      etc., construction form)
  123.                                   B.3.b.v.B. Standard number
  124.                                      approach (plural, singular form
  125.                                      preference)
  126.                                   B.3.b.v.C. Automatic
  127.                                      depluralization (database file)
  128.                                   B.3.b.v.D. Synonym definition
  129.                                      (database file)
  130.  
  131.                         B.3.c. "Standard Subdivision" or faceted
  132.                            classification protocol
  133.                         B.3.d. Term or descriptor relationships -
  134.                            Roles, links, weighting
  135.                         B.3.e. Filing or sorting rules
  136.                         B.3.f. Manual or automated
  137.                            authority/procedural safety measures
  138.  
  139.