Download e-book for kindle: The Theory and Practice of the Dewey Decimal Classification by M. P. Satija

By M. P. Satija

ISBN-10: 1843347385

ISBN-13: 9781843347385

The Dewey Decimal type process (DDC) is the world’s preferred library category process. The twenty third variation of the DDC was once released in 2011. This moment variation of the speculation and perform of the Dewey Decimal category procedure examines the background, administration and technical points of the DDC as much as its newest version. The ebook areas emphasis on explaining the constitution and quantity development strategies within the DDC and studies all points of topic research and quantity development by way of the newest model of the DDC. A historical past of, and advent to, the DDC is by means of topic research and finding category numbers, chapters protecting use of the tables and subdivisions therein, a number of synthesis, and utilizing the relative index. within the appendix, a few academically-interesting questions are pointed out and answered.

  • Provides a accomplished chronology of the DDC from its inception in 1876, to the current day
  • Describes the governance, revision equipment and updating process
  • Gives a desk of all editors of the DDC

Show description

Read Online or Download The Theory and Practice of the Dewey Decimal Classification System (Chandos Information Professional Series) PDF

Best library & information science books

New PDF release: Digital D.C.: How Information Technology Is Transforming the

The position of Washington, D. C. , on the vanguard of yank electronic tradition is expanding. whereas the town has traditionally been a repository for super quantities of presidency info, and army advancements within the capital have helped bring about vital electronic advancements, the city’s transition to a booming heart with a iteration of tech-savvy execs is comparatively fresh.

Using the Engineering Literature, Second Edition by Bonnie A. Osif PDF

With the encroachment of the web into approximately all elements of labor and lifestyles, it sort of feels as if details is in all places. even though, there's details after which there's right, acceptable, and well timed details. whereas we'd love having the ability to flip to Wikipedia® for encyclopedia-like details or seek Google® for the hundreds of thousands of hyperlinks on a subject, engineers want the simplest details, info that's evaluated, updated, and entire.

Download e-book for iPad: Newspapers: Legal Deposit and Research in the Digital Era by Hartmut Walravens

This quantity includes contributions of 3 meetings, on criminal deposit in a electronic setting, on internet harvesting and archiving in addition to newspapers within the geographical context of the Mediterranean. the focus is on find out how to collect, defend and make on hand electronic documents. concerns that remain scorching subject matters additionally in a  global ruled by means of monographs.

Assessing Liaison Librarians: Documenting Impact for by Daniel C. Mack,Gary W. White PDF

Review is more and more very important to raised schooling. Tight budgets and scarce assets call for responsibility from the full academy, together with the library. Librarians has to be ready to record the influence of the courses they bring about, the collections they increase, and the prone they provide.

Additional resources for The Theory and Practice of the Dewey Decimal Classification System (Chandos Information Professional Series)

Sample text

Download PDF sample

The Theory and Practice of the Dewey Decimal Classification System (Chandos Information Professional Series) by M. P. Satija


by Donald
4.4

Rated 4.56 of 5 – based on 39 votes