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purpose and function of library classificationwe have so far studied the meaning of classification we also have studied the importance of a call
call numberthe call numbers for a document consists of three elements vizclass number book number and collection number the following example
ordinal numbers these are used not for the purpose of counting but ordering and mechanising the arrangement of things for example participants in
artificial language in library classification we use symbols to denote subjects the names of subjects are in ordinary language understandable to
definition of library classificationhaving understood the meaning of classification in library science let us now go through a few well-known
meaning of classificationsystematic grouping of entities both abstract and concrete to meet ones requirement is known as classification
subject approach in academic special technical and research libraries and to a large extent even in public libraries you will find that the
title approachsometimes you may go to a library to get a document whose title you know if the books in the library are arranged by title it will
approach of readers for documentsas stated earlier documents can be arranged in libraries on the basis of the colour of the binding the size the
arrangement of documents in librariesuntil the end of the 19th century library collections were small in size not as many subject fields had
factors determining arrangement of documentsdocuments can be arranged in various ways in a library eg by author or by title or by subject or by
collection and storage of documentsfrom the dawn of civilisation man has recognised the need for collecting and preserving the records of human
nature of documentsthe problem of collection storage and retrieval of documents has been complicated by the following factorsthe steady growth in
need and purpose of library classificationlibrary classification invariably requires written has of damps and their subdivisions arranged in a
notationit is well known that subjects should be arranged in a helpful filiatory sequence on the basis of a scheme of successive characteristics
species of classificationthere are broadly speaking two species of classification systems - enumerative and faceted enumerative classification is
classification scheduleslibrary classification invariably requires written has of damps and their subdivisions arranged in a systematic way along
arrays and chainsisolates are arranged in what are called arrays and chains an array is a sequence of coordinate equally ranked classes arranged
categories facets and isolatesa solitary unattached idea which cannot be further subdivided and by itself it cannot form a subject is called an
subject classificationa compound subject is a basic subject when it has at least one focus or has at least an aspect ie it has a basic facet and
disciplines and subjects - library managementin a modern library the arrangement of documents is usually by subject thus subject is the
kinds of library classificationwhen entities are books or other items of information their classification is called library classification library
definitions of classification terminologymost of the terms with definitions were used for the first time in the first edition of prolegomena to
sources of classification terminologythe following are sources for classification terminology a ala glossary of library terms 1956b bliss h e
nature of termsin an analysis of classification terminology prasad 1986 had identified three types of terms - normative fundamental and