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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