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Library Science

INDE
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Library Classification
Dewey Decimal
Project
DDC
Classification
Main Outline
Salient Features
Bibliography
Vivan Arya
XII-A
Library Classification
 In order to provide services to users, libraries of nineteenth
century, started arranging their books according to subjects.

 But as the collection grew, it became difficult to arrange it with


the help of simple ordering of subjects. They needed an
elaborate scheme of classification. Many librarians designed
such schemes specially suited to their libraries.

The first scheme, that can be used by any library was Dewey Decimal
Classification (DDC).
Some other classifications:
Classification Code Devised by Publication Year
Expansive Classification C.A. Cutter 1891
Subject Classification J.D. Brown 1906
Colon Classification S.R. Ranganathan 1933
Bibliographic Classification Bliss 1935
Rider’s International F. Rider 1941
Classification

Broad System of Ordering FID and UNESCO 1978


Dewey decimal Classification (DDC)
The Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) was formulated in 1873 by
the late Melvil Dewey. Melville Louis Kossuth (Melvil) Dewey
(December 10, 1851 – December 26, 1931) was an American
librarian and educator.
 The first edition entitled “ A classification and subject index for
cataloguing and arranging the books and pamphlets of a library”
was published in 1876.

 The first edition was consisted of 12 pages of preparatory matter, 12


pages of tables and 18 pages of index, a total of 42 pages.

 Edition after editions come out with additions and alterations till the
14th edition published in 1942.

 The 15th edition known as standard library edition came out in 1951.

 The 19th edition of 3361 pages came out in 1979. The 19th edition
was in 3 volumes:
 Introduction
 Table (Volume 1)
 Schedules (Volume 2)
 Relative Index (Volume 3)
 The 20th edition of 3383 pages came out in 1889. The 20th edition
was in 4 volumes. The subsequent editions were also published in 4
volumes:
 Volume-1 – Manual Tables
 Volume-2 – Schedules (000 to 599)
 Volume-3 – Schedules (600 to 999)
 Volume-4 – Index

 It is now its 23th edition published in 2011.

 Besides the
editions of this scheme mentioned above, an abridged edition of the
DDC was first published in 1894. At present, the abridged version is
in its 15th edition published in 2012. This edition is meant primarily
for use in schools and in small public libraries.

 Recently, in January 2023, new edition of DDC was published by


OCLC in 4 volumes:
 Volume-1 – Introduction, Manual, Tables, Schedules
(000-199)
 Volume-2 – Schedules (200-599)
 Volume-3 – Schedules (600-999)
 Volume-4 – Relative Index
Main Outline
Every class number in DDC consists of three digits (numbers). In the
beginning of schedule three summaries of class numbers are given.
First summary gives 10 main classes, second summary gives 100
divisions where each main class is divided into 10 branches and third
summary gives 1000 sections where each division is further divided
into 10 branches.
 In addition to numbers given in schedules, six tables can
also be used for number building.
These tables are given below:
Table-1: Standard subdivisions
Table-2: Geographic areas, Historical periods, Persons
Table-3: Subdivisions for the Arts, for Individual Literatures, for
Specific Literary Forms
Table-3A: Subdivisions for Works by or about
Individual Authors
Table-3B: Subdivisions for Works by or about Mors
than One Author
Table-3C: Notation to be added where instructed in
Table-3B, 700.4, 791.4, 808-809
Table-4: Subdivisions of Individual Languages and Language
Families
Table-5: Ethnic and National Groups
Table-6: Languages
DDC 21st edition also had a Table-7 Group of Persons which has been
removed in DDC 22nd edition.
Salient Features
DDC has following features:
I. Relative Location- According to Dewey’s principle of relative
location, subjects are ordered in a sequence, by assigning a
notation to them and marked book not shelves, with this
notation. By this, each book in a library secured a position
relation to other books in the same subject.
II. Subdivision of Classes- Each main class has ten divisions;
each division has ten sections, each of may be further
subdivided ten times and so on. Provision is thus made for an
unlimited number of subjects. Whenever practicable, heads
have been so arranged that each subject is preceded and
followed by its most nearly allied subjects.
III. Notation- Dewey used Arabic numbers for the following
reasons:
 They are written more quickly.
 With less danger of mistake.
 They easier to remember than letter combinations.
 It is difficult to catch the eye such combination and they are
more difficult to keep in mind.

The notation is thus a pure one, consisting of Arabic figures used


decimally. A “three figure minimum” is used consistently. The
notation is infinitely expandable. If there is no blank number
available, any new topic is combined with the nearest allied head,
or when important enough, a place can be made by the addition of
another decimal.
Bibliography
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewey_Decimal_Classification
 https://www.dnb.de/EN/Professionell/DDCDeutsch/WasistdieDDC/
wasistdieddc_node.html
 Library Science textbook

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