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Knowledge Organization: Classification and Cataloguing Theory

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micro-documents, Working Papers and serials etc. Information available on various
Newspapers is also disseminated regularly. New books, periodicals, micro-documents
etc. are displayed regularly in the library.
Bibliographic service provided by IEG Library play an important role in helping the
research scholars to complete the research work in time. It also provides short
bibliographies on request to research scholars, IEG staff and institutions all over the India.
Library also prepares Subject Bibliographies on request basis.
Today no library is self-sufficient to fulfil its users information needs, therefore
arrangement is made to help the readers in getting the desired books and journals which
are not available in the IEG Library on inter-library-loan basis from other libraries and
research institutions in the country. Library has its networking with different libraries
e.g. Rattan Tata Library, Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University Library System,
NCAER Library, IIPA Library, NIPFP Library, DELNET and other reputed libraries in
Delhi.
IEG Library is also a member of DELNET (Delhi Library Network), which gives access to
several online databases of the different libraries such as Union catalogue of books, Union
list of current periodicals in Delhi libraries, Union catalogue of periodicals in Delhi libraries,
Database of periodicals articles, Books in print: New titles from Indian publishers and ILL
online.

Question
Critically analyse the challenging task before these libraries.
Source: http://forge.fh-potsdam.de/~IFLA/INSPEL/01-1japk.pdf

12.4 Summary

The Vatican Code is an outcome of International co-operation in the field of cataloguing.
The first edition of Vatican Code contained 500 rules relating to the whole field of
cataloguing author and title entries, description of works, subject entry, and filing.
The Italian alphabetical catalogue rule of 1911 together with the ALA rules has established
the basis of the codification of the Vatican rules.
The Classified Catalogue Code (CCC) first published in 1934 as a unique contribution of
Dr. S.R. Ranganathan from India aims at becoming a universal code.

The CCC contributes great significance to the title page along with its overflow pages,
which is basically based on the assumption that a cataloguer has ordinarily no authorisation
to go beyond the information promptly which are made accessible to him.

The Cataloguing practice of Dr. Ranganathan’s was promulgated in 1974.
The international conference on cataloguing principles (ICCP) convened in Paris in October
1961, adopted and accepted a statement of principles in whole or part by delegations from
53 countries and 12 international organizations.
The new code known as (AACR I) appeared in 1967 and was received by the profession
with a mixed reaction.
When work on AACR I began, books and periodicals were the basic and popular materials.
The second edition proved superior revealing basic principles that provided the structure
of the code.

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