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Notes called a faceted classification system, is also widely used which allows the assignment of
multiple classifications to an object, enabling the classifications to be ordered in multiple
ways.
Library classification form part of the field of library and information science. It is a form of
bibliographic classification (library classifications are used in library catalogs, while “bibliographic
classification” also covers classification used in other kinds of bibliographic databases). It goes
hand in hand with library (descriptive) cataloging under the rubric of cataloging and classification,
sometimes grouped together as technical services. The library professional who engages in the
process of cataloging and classifying library materials is called a cataloguer or catalog Library
classification of a piece of work consists of two steps. Firstly, the “aboutness” of the material
is ascertained. Next, a call number (essentially a book’s address) based on the classification
system in use at the particular library will be assigned to the work using the notation of the
system.
It is important to note that unlike subject heading or thesauri where multiple terms can be
assigned to the same work, in library classification systems, each work can only be placed in
one class. This is due to shelving purposes: A book can have only one physical place. However
in classified catalogs one may have main entries as well as added entries. Most classification
systems like the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) and Library of Congress classification
also add a cutter number to each work which adds a code for the author of the work.
Classification systems in libraries generally play two roles. Firstly, they facilitate subject access
by allowing the user to find out what works or documents the library has on a certain subject.
Secondly, they provide a known location for the information source to be located (e.g., where
it is shelved).

5.1 Purpose and Need for Organizing

This study delineates subtle distinctions in organization, management and administration
which may be equally important for organizers, managers and administrators of all types of
institutions and enterprises- academic, business, industrial or learned, and the study may be
useful and applicable not only to library and information science, but also to management.
public administration, finance, economics, statistics, mathematics, psychology, sociology, and
the like.

5.1.1 Organization vs. Management
‘Organizing’ literally, is a process of doing work or making arrangement for work, while
‘organization’ is a structure in which the work takes place. In this study, however, to avoid
confusion, we will refer to organization as a step or method of making logical arrangement of
work of an enterprise as a part of management and administration. It is relatively easy for one
to separate organization from management and administration, but it may be generally difficult
for him to bring a succinct distinction between ‘management’ and ‘administration’ since the
later two terms are closely inter-woven, and there is a greater possibility of one being mixed
up with the other. The present study, however, is an endeavour to remove such probable
confusion and controversy and is intended to establish the distinctions, through appraisal of
the thesis of distinguished writers and thinkers in the field, so the study is useful not only to
library and information science, but also to other disciplines including public administration,
management, finance, statistics, sociology, mathematics, economics, psychology and the like.
Organization may be termed as a process of making logical combination of various units of
works to assign them to suitable workers in order to attain the avowed objectives of an

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