The Dewey Decimal Classification system (DDC) is the world’s most popular library classification system. The 23rd edition of the DDC was published in 2011. This second edition of The Theory and Practice of the Dewey Decimal Classification System examines the history, management and technical aspects of the DDC up to its latest edition. The book places emphasis on explaining the structure and number building techniques in the DDC and reviews all aspects of subject analysis and number building by the most recent version of the DDC. A history of, and introduction to, the DDC is followed by subject analysis and locating class numbers, chapters covering use of the tables and subdivisions therein, multiple synthesis, and using the relative index. In the appendix, a number of academically-interesting questions are identified and answered. Chandos’ new series of books is aimed at the busy information professional. They have been specially commissioned to provide the reader with an authoritative view of current thinking. They are designed to provide easy-to-read and (most importantly) practical coverage of topics that are of interest to librarians and other information professionals. If you would like a full listing of current and forthcoming titles, please visit www.chandospublishing.com.
Author(s): Mohinder Partap Satija
Series: Chandos Information Professional Series
Edition: 2nd Edition
Publisher: Elsevier/Chandos Publishing
Year: 2013
Language: English
Pages: 302
Tags: Classification, Dewey Decimal: Problems, Exercises, etc
Cover
......Page 1
The Theory and Practice of the Dewey Decimal Classification System......Page 4
Copyright
......Page 5
Dedication
......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 14
Acknowledgment......Page 18
List of abbreviations......Page 20
List of figures and tables......Page 22
About the author......Page 24
1. A brief history of the Dewey Decimal Classification......Page 26
Appendix: history of other versions of the DDC......Page 42
Notes......Page 48
2. Governance and revision of the DDC......Page 50
Revising the classification......Page 53
Responsibility of revision......Page 54
Major revisions......Page 56
Methods for complete revision......Page 57
Implementation of the new edition......Page 60
Notes......Page 61
3. Introduction to the text in four volumes......Page 62
Types of entries......Page 64
Scope and content notes......Page 68
Notes that explain changes or irregularities......Page 72
Instructions specific to a number......Page 75
Notes......Page 77
Classification by discipline......Page 78
Notation......Page 80
Division of main classes......Page 82
Chain structure......Page 86
Pattern in DDC structure......Page 87
Hospitality to new subjects......Page 89
Notes......Page 91
5. Subject analysis and locating class numbers......Page 94
Title as a subject indicator......Page 96
Facet analysis......Page 99
Non-subject aspects......Page 100
Assigning class number......Page 102
6. Tables and rules for precedence of classes......Page 108
Tables of precedence......Page 110
Preference by specificity......Page 113
Publications with two or more subjects......Page 114
Comprehensive and interdisciplinary works......Page 116
Table of last resort......Page 117
7. Number-building......Page 120
Adding from 001– 999 (a whole number from anywhere in the schedules)......Page 122
Adding from a main class......Page 123
Adding from a section......Page 124
Adding through a facet indicator......Page 126
Synthesis through internal tables......Page 128
Adding from Tables 1–6......Page 130
8. Use of Table 1: standard subdivisions......Page 132
Categories......Page 133
Characteristics of standard subdivisions......Page 134
How to use standard subdivisions......Page 136
Extending a standard subdivision by an add to instruction......Page 140
Variations in the meaning of standard subdivisions......Page 142
Displaced standard subdivisions......Page 143
Co-occurrence of two or more standard subdivisions in a document......Page 145
When standard subdivisions cannot be used......Page 147
Introduction......Page 150
Definition and scope......Page 151
How to add an area notation......Page 152
Adding an area without instruction......Page 153
Adding an area through 0 only......Page 155
Cases where area is already a part of the class number......Page 156
Area division –1......Page 159
Use of Table 2 with other tables......Page 160
Restricted range of area numbers to be added......Page 161
Note......Page 162
10. Use of Table 3: subdivisions for the arts, individual literatures and for literary forms......Page 164
Using Table 3A......Page 166
Using Tables 3B and 3C: works by more than one author writing in the same language......Page 168
Jurisdiction of Table 3......Page 172
Using Table 3C: outside main class 800......Page 175
Notes......Page 177
11. Use of Table 4 and Table 6: subdivisions of individual languages and their language families......Page 180
Introduction to Table 4......Page 181
Division of main class 400......Page 182
Using Table 4......Page 184
Introduction to Table 6......Page 188
Using Table 6......Page 189
Using Table 6 with Table 4: classifying bilingual dictionaries......Page 195
Note......Page 199
12. Use of Table 5: ethnic and national groups......Page 200
Using Table 5 with specific instructions......Page 203
Extending Table 5......Page 205
Extending Table 5 by Table 6......Page 209
Using Table 5 through standard subdivision –089......Page 210
Using Table 5 through Table 3C......Page 212
13. Multiple synthesis......Page 214
Examples of multiple synthesis......Page 216
14. Using the relative index......Page 230
The need for (and importance) of the relative index......Page 231
Value of the relative index......Page 232
Nomenclature: relative index......Page 233
Scope of the index......Page 234
Organisation of the index......Page 235
Reading the index......Page 236
Appendix 1: A broad chronology of the DDC......Page 248
Appendix 2: Table of DDC editors......Page 264
Appendix 3: Revision tutorial: questions......Page 266
Appendix 4: Revision tutorial: answers......Page 274
Glossary......Page 292
Bibliography......Page 306
DDC web links
......Page 321
Index......Page 322
