Compactness versus diffuseness of literatures
Compactness is defined in WordNet as the spatial property of being crowded together, while diffuseness is defined as the spatial property of being spread out over a wide area or through a large volume.
Literature:
Brown, C. H. (1956). Scientific serials. Chicago: ACRL. (ACRL monograph, 16).
Buckland, M. K. (1972). Are Obsolescence and Scattering related? Journal of Documentation, 28(3), 242-246. http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/~buckland/obscat.html
See also: Obsolesence; Scattering;
Birger Hjørland
Last edited: 18-01-2006