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Unit 1: Concept of Library Classification

Rubber quality in the manufacturing of mattresses Notes
Electric current resistance of superconductors.
Personality. The Fundamental Category “Personality” presents the greatest difficulty in
identification. It is too elusive. Therefore, Ranganathan had suggested adopting the Method
of Residues for identifying Personality Isolate in the facet analysis of a Compound Subject.
If a certain manifestation is easily determined not to be one of “Time”, “Space”, “Energy”,
or “Matter”, it is deemed to be a manifestation of the FC “Personality”. This is so, as
according to the Postulate of FCs, there are five and only five FCs. The application of this
method of residues, however, is not infallible. But experience will lead to the establish-
ment of reflex action in recognizing this FC manifesting in any isolate idea.
Nevertheless, later developments have suggested that it is helpful to recognize the manifestations
of FC “Personality” first and then the manifestation of the other FCs. Experience in the design of
depth schedules suggests that it is possible to identify a core concept in compound subjects going
with a basic subject, such as “human mind” in psychology, “human body” in medicine, etc. Such a
core concept is deemed to be a manifestation of FC “Personality”. The attributes of such a core
concept can be several. A concept helps to determine the pattern of sequence of concepts. It helps
in determining the relative degree of affinity of subjects going with different basic subjects.
Greater weight age will have to be given in relation to the affinities among core concepts. The core
concepts in their role as manifestations of the FC “Personality” act as leading parts of the system.
Thus, to search for this leading part core concept should be the best method of recognizing the
manifestation of the FC “Personality”.

Notes “Personality” is a central part of the whole subject, encompassing a range of related
ideas.
Crops in agriculture, natural groups of plants in botany, animals in zoology, the Community of
people in history, substances in chemistry, and social groups in sociology are some of the best
examples to understand and comprehend the FC Personality.

Self Assessment

State whether the following statements are true or false:
5. Synonymous class number means one class number denoting the same subject.
6. Notation is not used to charging and discharging of documents.
7. The FC “Time” gives the most difficulty in identification.

1.11 Summary
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.
A compound subject is a subject having a basic subject (basic facet) and one more isolate
ideas or concepts (isolate facet) as its components.
The nature of notation should be complementary, notation is not primary; the classifica-
tory one should not be determined by the notation.

1.12 Keywords

Alphabetical : In the conventional order of the letters or symbols of an Alphabet.
Audiovisual : Both audible and visible.

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