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This book simply aims to introduce the students to the process of assigning and especially synthesising the class numbers by the 19th edition of the DDC. The book is student-oriented and only aims at them. The chapters and the examples have been graded and no background, whatsoever, has been assumed on the part of the users. Though aimed at the beginner, yet it provides a complete course to train the students in the techniques of subject analysis and number building involving the use of seven auxiliary tables and multiple synthesis. The graded process of number building may mirror before the students the increasing edition by edition faceted nature of the system. To avoid verbosity the number building has been depicted through equations and facet formulae. Another aim is to be simple and clear. Many examples have been taken from 21st century literature; its theory and bibliography have been updated to the latest 23rd edition (2011) with an appendix on abridged edition (2012). It charts the course of the DDC from the 19th to 23rd editions.

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Dr M P Satija, who recently retired as a Professor from Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India is in the library profession for the last four decades. As an author of more than twenty books, about 150 papers and 200 book reviews, numerous course material on classification for distance education students, and many conference papers published in India and abroad. His works have been translated into Hindi, Spanish, German, French and Croatian. His major contribution lies in enriching library science literature. No wonder many bibliometric studies in India have found him a prolific author. His association with professional library journals is long and varied ranging from journals such as Information Management Report (now ceased) (Bowker-Saur, UK), Library Times International (USA), Library Progress (Int), Library Herald (Delhi Library Association), Trends in Information Management (TRIM) (University of Kashmir, Sri Nagar), Pakistan Journal of Library Information Science, Knowledge Organisation (USA/Germany) to the International Journal of ICT and Human Development (USA/Spain). He has visited Germany, France, Finland, England, Nepal, the Netherlands, Belgium and Sri Lanka in connection with professional work. He served as a Visiting Fellow for three months in Maastricht McLuhan Institute, University of Maastricht, the Netherlands in 1999 and for another six weeks in May 2001. Since 2005 he is serving as a Visiting Professor in University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka t

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