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Knowledge Organization: Classification and Cataloguing Theory

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Table 1: Use of UDC in DRDO Libraries in Delhi

UDC and ICAR Libraries
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) was founded in 1929 with its
headquarters at New Delhi. It is an autonomous apex body responsible for the
Organization, monitoring, funding and managing the research and education in all domains
of agricultural sciences and technology in India. The Union Minister of Agriculture is the
President of the ICAR. Its principal officer is the Director General who is also the Secretary
to the Government of India in the Department of Agriculture Research and Education
(DARE). ICAR has established various research centres nationwide in order to undertake
education, research and consultancy in agricultural sciences and other related fields. The
ICAR is considered the largest network of agriculture education and research institutions
in the world. At present, it consist of 38 State Agricultural Universities (SAUs) and one
Central Agricultural University (CAU), 5 Deemed-To-Be-Universities (DUs), 35 National
Research Centres (NRC), 46 Central Research Institutes (CRI), 5 National Bureaus (NBs),
11 Project Directorates (PDs) and 90 All India Coordinate Research Projects (AICRP), all
functioning under the control of the ICAR, New Delhi.
Delhi based agricultural institutions have played an important role in the growth and
development of agricultural education and research in India. To the same extent, library
classifications, in particularly the UDC, are of special significance for organizing
knowledge in the agricultural field. The majority of the ICAR libraries in India are using
UDC. The current status of the use of UDC is given in Table 2.
Table 2: Use of UDC in ICAR Libraries in Delhi

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