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Unit 2: Classification Schemes

Self Assessment Notes
Fill in the blanks:
1. .................... aims at demonstrating the way in which the human intellect transform the chaos
of sense impressions into a cosmos of concepts.
2. Classification is an intellectual activity requiring much .................... and energy.
3. .................... is considered, the father of librarianship in his native India.
4. In ...................., the OCLC sued the Library Hotel for trade mark infringement.
5. Universal Decimal Classification use .................... numerals and are based on the decimal
system.

2.6 Summary

Classification aims at demonstrating the way in which the human intellect transforms the
chaos of sense impressions into a cosmos of concepts.
The CC, like- other scheme of classification, starts with a set of main classes which form the
first order array, of classes. Each main class is divided into facets.
Dewey Decimal Classification System (DCC) originally produced in 1876 by Melvil Dewey
for a small North American college library is currently one of the most popular Library
Classification Schemes.

2.7 Keywords

Subdivisions : The act or process of subdividing.
Juxtaposed : Placed side by side often for comparison.
Brevity : The quality or state of being brief in duration.

2.8 Review Questions
1. What is the basis of universal decimal classification?
2. What is Dewey Decimal classification? Explain its strengths and weaknesses.
3. Write a paragraph on types of classification schemes.
4. Explain colon classification with example.

Answers: Self Assessment

1. Classification 2. time 3. S.R. Ranganathan
4. September, 2003 5. Arabic

2.9 Further Readings

Books Lynch, Sarah N., and Eugene Mulero. Dewey? At This Library with a Very Different
Outlook, They Don’t The New York Times.
Chan, Lois Mai. Cataloging and Classification: An Introduction, second ed. New
York: McGraw-Hill.

Online links http://publications.drdo.gov.in/gsdl/collect/dbit/index/assoc/
https://pantherfile.uwm.edu/kipp/public/courses/511/

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