Page 67 - DLIS103_LIBRARY_CLASSIFICATION_AND_CATALOGUING_THEORY

Library Classification and Cataloguing Theory

Notes 9.4 Summary
The “library filing system” they usually refer to the Dewey Decimal System. The other
forms of library filing system are the alpha numeric filing system or other filing systems
are provided by a software organizer.
The library schools in India have been training students in compiling both Classified
Catalogue and Dictionary Catalogue using the Classified Catalogue Code (CCC) and the
AACR2 respectively.
The National Library of Greece (Ethnike Bibliothiketes Ellados) is one of the richest
depositories of Byzantine musical manuscripts and is surpassed by its holdings in Greece
only by the multitude of manuscripts found in the monasteries of Mount Athos.

9.5 Keywords
Applying : To bring into nearness or contact with something.
Dictionary : A reference book containing an alphabetical list of words, with information
given for each word, usually including meaning, pronunciation, and etymology.
Formulated : To state as or reduce to a formula.

9.6 Review Questions

1. What do you mean by filing of entries in cataloguing theory?
2. Explain briefly about the arrangement of entries of dictionary and classified catalogue.
3. Write a paragraph on descriptive cataloguing.

Answers : Self Assessment

1. Dewey Decimal System 2. Library Filing System
3. Index Number 4. Referred to Heading

9.7 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://matthewrestivo.com/library-filing-systems.php
http://skuastkashmir.ac.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id

62 LOVELY PROFESSIONAL UNIVERSITY