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What is “[Fic]”, “[E]” or “[B]” in the Dewey Decimal Classification?
Via the OpenLibrary I came across records with [Fic], [E] or [B] (or B) in the Dewey Decimal Classification field, whereas valid DDCs only have digits, "." and "/", as far as I know.
The records were ...
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What classification system would be a optimal choice for a school library?
What would be the most effective classification to shelf books in a small library of a school? I think LCC and Dewey Decimal would be "overkill" for just textbooks for grades.
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What classifications of people's interests exist?
I know the North American Industry Classification System for
categories of businesses. Is the a similar classification of subjects people are interested in?
For instance: pop music, computer science ...
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How are current world events or new discoveries included in classification schemes?
When a new event happens in the world (like an outbreak of war) or a new discovery is found, how do the classification schemes absorb them? How long does it take for a new numbers to be assigned? Who ...
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How would classification schemes accommodate extraterrestrial life? [closed]
It is possible that some day we will discover proof of life outside Earth, perhaps somewhere else in our solar system or perhaps on an extrasolar planet. There will be many implications of this, ...
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What field of study is concerned with creating new classification systems?
I know of a number of existing library classification systems (DDC, LC, CC), but what area of library science is concerned with creating new classification systems, and how one judges the suitability ...
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Is there a way to tell what category a book belongs to?
For a paper, one can tell what category it belongs to, by the keywords of the paper and the journal/proceeding where it is published, even though he is totally unfamiliar with the topic of the paper.
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Can someone explain the Dewey Decimal System in layman's terms?
Whoever asks this, regardless of context, is or has been a patron of a library that used DDC, so phrase the answer like you're addressing a patron.
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What is the purpose of Cutter Numbers?
I have seen Cutter Numbers used alongside the Dewey Decimal System. What purpose do they serve? What is the benefit of using Cutter Numbers over the first 3 of the author's last name (ie: 646.404 DOM ...
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What research libraries still use the Cutter Expansive Classification system and why?
When I was at the University of Wisconsin I occasionally found my way up to the library's Cutter Collection. While the Library shifted to using LCC in the 70s they kept a set of books organized by ...
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Reference on document types
I work at a research institute focusing on cultural heritage. We are studying the development of a document management system and I am carrying out some informal research about document types. Our ...
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Is there a 'knowledge spectrum' for sorting a small selection of books?
I have over 40 books non-fiction books on one shelf. I'd like to be able to sort them in a logical order. I've developed my own way of sorting books by subject that loosely relate to one which start ...
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Re-classification of small (<25,000 items) library from Dewey to LC…thoughts?
I'm the director of two community and technical college libraries- one is Dewey, the other LC. We are going to make the switch to LC next summer, but in the meantime, I'm trying to find out some ...
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What are some alternates to the Dewey Decimal System?
What are some cataloging / book locating systems that make it easy to find books other than the Dewey Decimal System?
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How does the Library of Congress handle government publications?
I work in Inter-Library Loan at a university who uses the Library of Congress classification system. A large part of my job is searching the stacks for books, periodicals, and government publications ...
