LIBRARY CLASSIFICATION (Bolg by Riya Karmakar, Roll No: 23)
LIBRARY CLASSIFICATION
By - Riya Karmakar👵
Definition:-
Library Classification is the process of arranging, grouping, coding, and organizing books and other library materials (e.g. serials, sound recordings, moving images, cartographic materials, manuscripts, computer files, e-resources etc.) on shelves or entries of a catalog, bibliography, and index according to their subject in a systematic, logical, and helpful order by way of assigning them call numbers using a library classification system, so that users can find them as quickly and easily as possible.
Textbook :-
"A library classification is a system of coding and organizing library materials (books, serials,audiovisual materials, computer files, maps, manuscripts, regalia) according to their subject and allocating a call number to that information resource. "
(Source : " LIBRARY CLASSIFICATION AND CATALOGUING THEORY")
Encyclopedia :-
"Library classification, system of arrangement adopted by a library to enable patrons to find its materials quickly and easily. Arranging similar things in some order according to some principle unites and controls information from various sources."
(Source: Encyclopedia Britannica)
Dictionary:-
" Library classification is a system of the organization of library resources. The following two classification systems are widely used all over the globe; Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) and Library of Congress (LC) classification system for organizing a library collection."
(Source: Dictionary Of Library And Information Science)
Conclusion:-
In libraries, classification deals with the determination of the primary subject of a work and the assignment of specific notation. This is used for retrieval purposes, and also for ordering the items in a systematic catalogue and for shelving the item with other items on similar subjects.
Sources:-
1.https://lisstudymaterials.files.wordpress.com
2. "Dictionary of library and information science" by Dr. Swapan Kumar Patra and Sakti Sankar Sinhamahapatra
3. https://www.britannica.com
4. "Library Classification and Cataloguing Theory " edited by Seema Sharma
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