THE CLASSIFICATION OF EROTIC LITERATURE AND ETHICS IN REPRESENTATION OF INFORMATION
Erotic literature. Organization and Representation of Information and knowledge. Classification systems. Classification of erotic literature. Ethics in information.
It aims to research within the scope of the Organization and Information Representation the
particularities aimed specifically at the Classification of works of erotic content.
In his theoretical journey he tells a brief history of classification and its importance
for Librarianship, deals with the definition and characteristics of the classification and
explains about the points arising from erotic literature and how it is seen by scholars and
lay people. Its general objective: To discuss how the thematic representation of literature
eroticism, through the use of classification, has been approached and worked on by
libraries of the Ceará State Higher Education Institutions; and as goals
Specific: Outline the characteristics of erotic literature as material
informational; Discuss informational ethics in the processes of organization and
information representation; Identify how works are classified by
Public Higher Education Institutions (IPES) in the State of Ceará; and, Propose a
Indicative bibliographic classification table for works of erotic literature. To
achievement of objectives, the dialectical method for discussing facts was used and the
understanding of the subjects covered in the research, which has an exploratory character by
understand the organization and representation from classification systems, with
a study based on the ethics of information representation processes, which involves
the classification of works of erotic content. For this purpose, the research
bibliography and the survey of works classified in databases of
public universities in Ceará with free access, making a content analysis
regarding the form of representation of erotic literature works based on their
respective classifications in the investigated library systems. However, analysis
points out that libraries do not classify works according to the classification
indicated scientific research, which points to the need for guidelines for the
classification based on the profile of library users. The final product resulted
in a Guide for the indicative classification of erotic works, based on the CDD Code and
in the TV indicative table, developed by the Ministry of Justice, in order to assist
at the time of classification of these works.