Model of Organizing Information

Ronald Hagler (1997), identified six major activities as being involved in the organization of recorded information:

1. Identifying the existence of all types of information packages as they are made available.
   
2. Identifying the works contained within those information packages or as part of them.
   
3. Systematically pulling together these information packages into collections in libraries, archives, museums, Internet communication files, and other such depositories.
   
4. Producing lists of these information packages prepared according to standard rules for citation.
   
5. Providing name, title, subject, and other useful access to these information packages.
   
6. Providing the means of locating each information package or a copy of it (p. 19).