DDC 23rd Edition
About DDC 23rd Edition DDC 23, the four-volume unabridged edition of the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) system, reflects the many changes to the body of human knowledge that have occurred since DDC...
View ArticleColon Classification : A brief Information About Library Colon Classification
Colon Classification is one of the most systematic schemes of Library Classifications used in many libraries in India and a few libraries abroad as well. This was devised by the late Dr. S.R....
View ArticleUniversal Decimal Classification (UDC)
The Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) scheme of classification was developed in the year 1895 by the Belgium Barrister Paul Otlet and Nobel Prize winner Henri La Fountaine. The UDC is peculiar in...
View ArticleClassification Research Group (CRG)
Classification Research Group is a group of working librarians and others interested in classification research in London. When Ranganathan’s ideas of faceted classification began to make an impression...
View ArticleAdvantages and Disadvantages of DDC (Dewey Decimal Classification) Scheme
Advantages of Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) Major Advantages of DDC are: The Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) system has a long history (127 years) of expansion and adaptation to the needs of...
View ArticleAdvantages and disadvantage of UDC (Universal Decimal Classification)
Advantages of UDC Classification scheme: Since UDC is a general scheme of classification, it covers the whole field of human knowledge. The process of dividing a class into ten subclasses is carried to...
View ArticleAdvantages and Disadvantages of Colon Classification (CC)
Library Colon classification (CC) is a system of library classification developed by S. R. Ranganathan. It was the first ever faceted library classification. The first edition was published in 1933....
View ArticleComparative Analysis Between DDC, UDC and CC Classification Scheme
Library classification schemes are tools that allow us to allocate a class mark– anartificial notation comprising alphanumeric characters and punctuation marks to every item based on its subject...
View ArticleDifferent responsibility of the Librarian
Responsibilities of a Librarian A librarian does three main kinds of work: selecting materials for the library, organizing them so that they will be easy to find and use and helping people get...
View ArticleTraditional Library
Traditional / Manual Library Traditionally, libraries were collections of books, manuscripts, journals, and other sources of recorded information. The collection of the traditional libraries are mostly...
View ArticleRole of Library in Society
Library and Modern Society: The role of Library in Society: Library and society are inter-linked and inter-dependent. Society without libraries has no significance, and libraries without society have...
View ArticleTypes of Libraries (Academic, Public, National & Special Library)
Library is the store-house of knowledge for posterior use. Human knowledge can be recorded and preserved in different media. Some years back, documents written or printed in paper were considered as...
View ArticleDifferent Types of Library (Traditional, Automated, Digital, Hybrid, Virtual...
Types of Library Library is a place where the collection of information resources in print or in other forms that is organized andmade accessible for reading or study is kept. International...
View ArticleCategories of Library Resources (Traditional and Electronic Reouurces)
Diffrent types of Library Resources Library resources are generally categorized in to two types based on its features and mode of usage. They are 1) Traditional Resource; 2) Electronic Resource 1....
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Bibliographic Control
If we want bibliography to adequately meet the requirements of bibliographic control or organization, then the bibliography must be complete to the extent possible. Thus, it must cover all forms of...
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About Bibliography
What is Bibliography? Bibliography is one of the primary tools used for reference by the Librarians With the help of the primary tools, the librarian is able to identify the books and the reading...
View ArticleDescriptive and Textual Bibliography
Descriptive Bibliography: Descriptive bibliography is concerned with the material form of the book. All the details of a book that are discovered / recovered by applying the technique of analytical...
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Analytical or Critical Bibliography
An analytical or critical bibliography involves investigation of the physical nature of the book which can be, and frequently is, sufficiently exhaustive to enable all the circumstances of the books...
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Historical Bibliography
Historical Bibliography The study of books as ‘Objects of art’ may be termed as historical bibliography. According to Stokes, “it is difficult to look critically a late sixteenth century play, a late...
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Systematic or Enumerative Bibliography
Systematic or enumerative bibliography may be defined as the preparation of lists of books in short, the compilation of bibliographies which list describe and arrange all graphic materials according to...
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