Page 53 - DLIS103_LIBRARY_CLASSIFICATION_AND_CATALOGUING_THEORY

Library Classification and Cataloguing Theory

Notes 6.5 Summary

The International Standard Book Number is a unique numeric commercial book identifier-
based upon the 9-digit Standard Book Numbering (SBN) code created by Gordon Foster,
Emeritus Professor of Statistics at Trinity College, Dublin , for the booksellers and statio-
ners W.H. Smith and others in 1966.
The group identifier is a 1 to 5 digit number. The single digit group identifiers are: 0 or 1
for English-speaking countries; 2 for French -speaking countries; 3 for German-speaking
countries; 4 for Japan; 5 for Russian-speaking countries, 7 for People’s Republic of China.

6.6 Keywords
Correspondence : The act or condition of agreeing or corresponding.
Transcripts : A written, typed, or printed copy or manuscript made by transcribing.
Exposition : The art or technique of composing such discourses.

6.7 Review Questions

1. Explain the concept of call number in cataloguing theory.
2. What is meant by CLN? Write its features and overviews.
3. Write a paragraph on book number in library cataloguing.
4. Illustrate briefly about collection number.

Answers: Self Assessment
1. True 2. True 3. False 4. False

6.8 Further Readings

Books Lynch, Sarah N., and Eugene Mulero. Dewey? At This Library with a Very Differ-
ent Outlook, They Don’t The New York Times,
Chan, Lois Mai. Cataloging and Classification: An Introduction, second ed. New
York: McGraw-Hill,
Zhang, Wenxian. Classification for Chinese Libraries (CCL): Histories, accomplish-
ments, problems and its comparisons. Journal of Educational Media & Library
Sciences,
The Standardization of Chinese Library Classification, Xiaochun Liu, Cataloging &
Classification Quarterly.

Online links http://www.transitioning2college.org/finding_books_in_academic_libraries.
http://miskatonic.org/library/book-numbers.html

48 LOVELY PROFESSIONAL UNIVERSITY