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Reena Kapoor, Lovely Professional University Unit 13: Library Classification
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Unit 13: Library Classification
CONTENTS
Objectives
Introduction
13.1 Classification-Purpose and Types
13.2 Summary
13.3 Keywords
13.4 Review Questions
13.5 Further Readings
Objectives
After studying this unit, you will be able to:
• Know the purpose and types of library classification
• Understand universal classification system.
Introduction
Digital libraries, once project-based and largely autonomous efforts, are maturing. As individual
programs have grown, each has developed its own personality, reflecting the circumstances of its
creation and environment, and its leadership. This report draws on the results of a survey and case
studies to reveal how these influences have moulded a range of organizational forms that we call the
digital library.
13.1 Classification-Purpose and Types
A library classification or indexing is a system of coding and organizing library materials (books,
serials, audiovisual materials, computer files, maps, manuscripts) according to their subject and
allocating a call number to that information resource.
Similar to classification systems used in biology, bibliographic classification
systems group those entities together that are similar, typically arranged in a
hierarchical tree structure.
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