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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
relation to other terminologies in library scienceclassification is a vital discipline in the field of library and information science and
classification terminologylibrary classification as an academic discipline is about 125 years old its teaching and research has gained momentum
basic terminology - library managementa term may be defined as a standardised name for a given entity or concept which is precise terminology
implement a successful conservation programme to implement a successful conservation programme the staff must know the nature of base
care and preservation of library materialsas should not be shelved too tightly nor too loosely the former damages the binding en other books are
activities of a binding divisionidentification and preparation of materials for binding recording of all such materials requiring
binding organisation and managementif we consider the practice in various libraries we can conclude that there is haphazard organisation of
sewing materials - binding materialsthread sewing is the central operation in binding the life of binding depends very much on the kind of
standards for library bindingthe weigh of the stripped fabric shall not be less than 79 ounces per square yard the total thread count including