Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-2025
Abstract
This paper identifies twenty-seven state documents classification schemes. To fully understand how and why so many state documents classifications were created, we need to examine the history of classification systems in the United States, as well as trends in library history and their relationships with external events. This paper divides this history into three eras: the birth of American library science, wartime, and, finally, the state documents era, with special attention paid to the events of the 1970s and beyond.
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Publication Title
GODORT Occasional Papers
Volume Number
11
Recommended Citation
Straughn, Christopher, "A History of State Documents Classifications" (2025). Library Faculty Publications. 12.
https://neiudc.neiu.edu/lib-pub/12