Elaine Svenonius is an American librarian and library scholar, known for her research on bibliographic control, particularly cataloging, classification, and indexing.
[1] She is best known for bringing a philosophical knowledge organization approach to cataloging theory.
"[2] The book is frequently assigned to Master of Library and Information Science students, among whom it is nicknamed "the red devil".
[3] Svenonius was the recipient of the ALCTS Margaret Mann Citation[4] and the Ranganathan Award for Classification Research.
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