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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Alex Kyrios , M. P. SatijaPublisher: Facet Publishing Imprint: Facet Publishing ISBN: 9781783306091ISBN 10: 1783306092 Pages: 198 Publication Date: 16 February 2023 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsChapter 1: A Brief History of the Dewey Decimal Classification Chapter 2: Governance and Revision of the DDC Chapter 3: Introduction to the Text Chapter 4: Basic Plan and Structure Chapter 5: Subject Analysis and Locating Class Numbers Chapter 6: Tables and Rules for Precedence and Citation Order Chapter 7: Number Building Chapter 8: Use of Table 1 Standard Subdivisions Chapter 9: Use of Table 2 Geographic Areas, Historical Periods, Biography Chapter 10: Use of Table 4 Subdivisions of Individual Languages, and Table 6 Languages Chapter 11: Use of Table 3 Subdivisions for the Arts, for Individual Literatures, for Specific Literary Forms Chapter 12: Use of Table 5 Ethnic and National Groups Chapter 13: Multiple Synthesis: Deeper Subject Analysis Chapter 14: Classification of General Statistics, Law, Geology, Geography, and History Chapter 15: Using the Relative Index Chapter 16: WebDewey Chapter 17: Options and Local Adaptations Chapter 18: Current Developments in the DDC and Future Trends Appendix 1 A Broad Chronology of the DDC, 18511-–2022 Appendix 2 History of Other Versions of the DDC Appendix 3 Table of DDC Editors Appendix 4 Editors of the DDC Appendix 5 Takeaways Further resourcesReviews"""An essential volume for any library's professional reference shelf-- even if the library does not use the DDC as its main classification scheme. It also serves as a great instructional primer for newly-minted technical services librarians seeking succinct, easy-to-access information about how the DDC's tables, charts, and indexes are arranged, governed, and function ... [It] has the potential to serve as the primary DDC handbook for years to come."" -- Technicalities" Author InformationProfessor M. P. Satija is an Emeritus fellow in the Department of Library & Information Science, Guru Nanak Dev University, India. In his long professional career he has written extensively on library classification systems, especially the Dewey Decimal Classification and the Colon Classification. He has authored textbooks on every edition of the DDC since the 19th (1979). He has collaborated with three successive editors of the DDC and his works have been translated in many European, and Asian languages. Dr Satija serves on the editorial boards of many international journals including the ISKO journal Knowledge Organization, and is a member of the UDC Consortium, The Hague. Alex Kyrios is the Senior Editor of the Dewey Decimal Classification at OCLC, based out of the Library of Congress in Washington, DC USA. He is responsible for overseeing the continuous updating and revision of the classification, and works with partners and volunteers around the world to do so. Previously, he was a cataloguer at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C. and the University of Idaho. He has an M.S. in library science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a B.A. in English from the College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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