# Classification Research Group

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The **Classification Research Group** (CRG) was a significant contributor to classification research and theory in the field of [library and information science](/source/Library_and_information_science) in the latter half of the 20th century.[1][2][3][4][5] It was formed in England in 1952 and was active until 1968. Informal meetings continued until 1990. Among its members were [Derek Austin](/source/Derek_Austin), Eric Coates, [Jason Farradane](/source/Jason_Farradane), Robert Fairthorne, [Douglas Foskett](/source/Douglas_Foskett), [Barbara Kyle](/source/Barbara_Kyle), Derek Langridge, [Jack Mills](/source/Jack_Mills_(classification_researcher)), [Pauline Atherton Cochrane](/source/Pauline_Atherton_Cochrane), [Phyllis Richmond](/source/Phyllis_Richmond), Bernard Palmer, Jack Wells, and [Brian Campbell Vickery](/source/Brian_Campbell_Vickery). The group formed important principles on [faceted classification](/source/Faceted_classification) and also worked on the theory of [integrative levels](/source/Integrative_level).[6]

## Publications

- 1955. The need for a faceted classification as the basis for all methods of information retrieval. *Library Association Record*, 57(7), 262-268.
- 1958. Classification Research Group Bulletin No. 4. *Journal of Documentation*, 14( 3), 136-143.
- 1959. Classification Research Group Bulletin No. 5. *Journal of Documentation*, 15(1), 39-57.
- 1961. Classification Research Group Bulletin No. 6. *Journal of Documentation*, 17(3), 156-172.
- 1962. Classification Research Group Bulletin No. 7. *Journal of Documentation*, 18( 2), 65-88.
- 1964. Classification Research Group Bulletin No. 8. *Journal of Documentation*, 20(3), 146-169.
- 1968. Classification Research Group Bulletin No. 9. *Journal of Documentation*, 24(4), 273-298.
- 1969. *Classification and information control: Papers representing the work of the Classification Research Group during 1960-1968*. London: Library Association.

## See also

- [Document classification](/source/Document_classification)
- [Knowledge organization](/source/Knowledge_organization)
- [Subject (documents)](/source/Subject_(documents))

## References

1. "The Classification Research Group 1952-1968". *Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science*. Vol. 5. New York: Marcel Dekker. 1971. pp. 141–145.

1. Hopkins, F. (1973). "General classification theory: a review of the CRG work". *Library Resources and Technical Services*. **17** (2): 201–210.

1. "Information science as a facet of the history of British science: the origins of the Classification Research Group". *The History and Heritage of Scientific and Technological Information Systems*. Medford, NJ: Information Today. 2004. [CiteSeerX 10.1.1.163.7203](https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.163.7203)

1. McIlwaine, I. & Broughton, V. (2000). "The Classification Research Group: then and now". *Knowledge Organization*. **27** (4): 195–199.

1. "The work of the British CRG". *Subject Retrieval in the Seventies: New Directions. Proceedings of an International Symposium held at the Center of Adult Education, University of Maryland, College Park, May 14–15, 1971*. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood. 1972. pp. 62–71.

1. Spiteri, L. F. (1995). ["The Classification Research Group and the Theory of Integrative Levels"](https://web.archive.org/web/20011222083409/http://alexia.lis.uiuc.edu/review/summer1995/spiteri.html). *Katharine Sharp Review*. **1** (Summer 1995): 1–6. Archived from [the original](http://alexia.lis.uiuc.edu/review/summer1995/spiteri.html) on 2001-12-22.

## Further reading

- Afolabi, M. (1985). A sociological study of the Classification Research Group. *Library Science with a Slant to Documentation*, 22(2), 77-85.
- Broughton, Vanda (2011). [Brian Vickery and the Classification Research Group: the legacy of faceted classification](https://web.archive.org/web/20120425091130/http://www.iskouk.org/conf2011/papers/broughton.pdf). 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 classification proposed by Austin and the CRG. *Cataloging and Classification Quarterly*, 4(1), 11-27.

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