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Information Storage and Retrieval

Notes British Classification Society

The British Classification Society exists to encourage the co-operation and exchange of views and
information among those interested in principles and practice of classification in any discipline
where they are used. Its membership includes anthropologists, archaeologists, astronomers,
biologists, chemists, computer scientists, forensic scientists, geologists, information specialists,
librarians, psychologists, soil scientists and statisticians. The Society organises meetings, some by
itself, but often jointly with societies representing application areas for classification.

3.4 Summary

• Documentation Research and Training Centre (DRTC) is a research centre (and a depart-
ment) for library and information science and allied disciplines at the Indian Statistical Insti-
tute, Bangalore.
• DRTC was established in January 1962 .
• DRTC is widely considered to be the best research centre in India in the fields of library
science and information science.
• The International Society for Knowledge Organization (also referred to by its abbreviation
ISKO) is the principal professional association for scholars.
• ISKO “promotes research, development and applications of knowledge organization systems
that advance the philosophical, psychological and semantic approaches for enhancing
knowledge.
• Brian Vickery was responsible for the creation of the CRG.

• CRG group was composed of librarians and information scientists – some of the leading names
of that and the subsequent period.
• In the late 1950s and 1960s the main focus of CRG work was the proposed new general scheme
of classification.
• It features in classification, subject heading lists, thesauri, search interfaces, in taxonomies,
ontologies, and semantic web application.

3.5 Keywords

DRTC : Documentation Research and Training Centre—was
established in January 1962.
Cutter Expansive Classification System : Is a library classification devised by charles Ammi
Cutter.
Nippon Decimal Classification : Is based on Dewey Decimal system.
Chinese Library Classification : Is the library classification used in China.
Korean Decimal Classification : Is the library classification used in Korea.

3.6 Review Questions

1. What is the full form of DRTC and when it was established?
2. Write the function of DRTC.

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