Week 7: Classification (Dewey Decimal Classification)

27/3/2013

Part A: Theoretical

                From today lesson I able to know what is classification.  As we know that, cataloging can be divided into 3 main areas: a) Classification    b) Description   and    c) Subject.  Today lesson, we are going to learn the last subtopic of cataloging then in the future classes we are going to learn database.

What is library classification ? 

                  From our general knowledge, classification means that we are going to classify or group them together.  Library classification is grouping items on the shelves according to broad fields of knowledge and specific subjects within each field, so that users can find items easily.

The Aims of Library Classification:
1) put in order the field of knowledge in systematic way
2) bring related items together
3) provide orderly access to the selves (browsing or via catalog)
4) provide exact location for an item on the shelves.

Major Classification Scheme:
1) DDC -- Dewey Decimal Classification
2) LCC -- Library of Congress Classification
3) UDC -- Universal Decimal Classification
4) CC --  Colon Classification
5) BC -- Bliss Classification

Today lesson, we are more focus on DDC & LCC  !!!
So what is DDC about ?  What about LCC ? Mr Abdul Razak Bin Idris had given us another assignment which is write a simple and precise essay about Why school practice DDC and why university practice LCC in the cataloging of resources.


What is DDC ??

"A library assigns a DDC  number that unambiguously locates a particular volume to within a short length of shelving which makes it easy to find any particular book and return it to its proper place on the library shelves. The system is used in 200,000 libraries in at least 135 countries".

 

 DDC 22 is composed of the following major parts in four volumes:

Volume 1
(A) New Features in Edition 22: A brief explanation of the    
    specialfeatures and changes in DDC 22
(B) Introduction: A description of the DDC and how to use it
(C) Glossary: Short definitions of terms used in the DDC
(D) Index to the Introduction and Glossary

(E) Manual: A guide to the use of the DDC that is made up  
    primarily of extended discussions of problem areas in the   
    application of the DDC. Information in the Manual is  
    arranged by the numbers in the tables and schedules. 
(F) Tables: Six numbered tables of notation that can be added to   
    class numbers to provide greater specificity
(G) Lists that compare Editions 21 and 22: Relocations and   
    Discontinuations;Reused Numbers
 
Volume 2
(H) DDC Summaries: the top three levels of the DDC
(I) Schedules: The organization of knowledge from 000 - 599

Volume 3
(J) Schedules: The organization of knowledge from 600 - 999

The Ten Main classes of DDC :

Volume 4
(K) Relative Index: An alphabetical list of subjects with the disciplines in which they are treated sub-arranged alphabetically under each entry

LLC (Library Of Congress Classification

                 LLC is the one the most widely used classification systems.  The system divides all knowledge into twenty-one basic classes, each identified by a single letter of the alphabet.  Whole numbers used in LCC may range from one to four digits in length, and may be further extended by the use of decimal numbers.

                  In a nutshell, I summarized what had I understood about the cataloging.  Subject cataloging is helping users to briefly describe what is the content in the book, descriptive cataloging is helping the librarian to do the arrangement of the book in the shelves based on physically. Then, classification is able for easily locate the books based on the fields.

                At the end of the lesson, En Abdul Razak Bin Idris remind us that after come back from semester break we are going to learn database.

Part B: Hands-on on DDC

As a beginner, I need to practice on doing DDC because I had nothing expose to the DDC before.  Therefore, I try to ask my friends on how to do DDC.  There are a few steps to do DDC, I had summarize as below:

Step 1: Use the Volume 4 (Index) to find the list of suitable subject
Step 2: Use Volume 2 or 3 and finally 
Step 3: Use Volume 1 for Tables; the six numbered tables of notation that can be added to class numbers to provide greater specificity

This is how it is written :

Line 1:      453:001 [DDC call number according to its subject]

Line 2:       MUH        [The first 3 letters of the main entry]

12) Book

543.01

MOH
1998 

Mohd. Marsin Sanagi

       Teknik pemisahan dalam analisis kimia/ Mohd. Marsin Sanagi. - Skudai, Malaysia: UTM, 1998.

        x, 221p. :ill ; 27 cm

        Mengandungi bibliografi dan indeks.

        ISBN 983-52-0278-8

       1.  Analytical- Chemistry  2. Separation- Technology    I.Judul

Note:   .01  ------Theory



13) Book

340.59

PAI
1991 

Paizah Haji Ismail

       Undang-undang jenayah islam/ Paizah Haji Ismail. - Petaling Jaya, Malaysia: Kuala Lumpur, 1991.

        xiii, 274 p. ; 22 cm

        Mengandungi bibliografi.

        ISBN 983-66-0028-0

       1.  Islamic Law      I.Judul

Notes:  .59 ------- Islamic Law



14) Book

547.23

NOR
1997 

Norbani Abdullah

       Kimia: tingkatan 5 / Norbani Abdullah, Loh Wai Leng, editor: Zahari Mahmud. - Petaling Jaya, Malaysia: Selangor, 1997.

        iv, 268p. :ill. ; 26 cm

        Mengandungi bibliografi dan indeks.

        ISBN 967-966-319-1

       1.  Chemistry      I.Loh Wai Leng     II. Zahari Mahmud      III. Judul



15) Book

539.1

HUS
2003 

Husin Wagiran

      Fizik moden / Husin Wagiran. - Skudai, Malaysia: UTM, 2003.

        xii, 221 p. : ill. ; 27 cm

        Mengandungi bibliografi dan indeks.

        ISBN 983-52-0278-8

       1.  Physics      2. Radiation    I.Judul



16) Book

 

363.51

MOH

2007

Mohamad Tajuddin Mohamad Rasdi

            Housing crisis : back to a humanistic agenda / Mohamad Tajuddin Mohamad Rasdi. – Skudai, Malaysia : Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 2007.

           Viii, 111p. : ill, ; 24cm.

           ISBN 978 – 983 – 52 – 0422 – 7

          1. Housing policy      2. Housing - Malaysia.                 I. Title.


17) Book

546.01

KIM
2002 

Kimia unsur kumpulan utama/ Razak Ali, Mohd. Nordin Garif, Mustaffa 
         bin Shamsuddin, Rusmidah Ali, Za. - Skudai, Malaysia : UTM, 2002.

        ix, 241 p. :ill; 27 cm

        Mengandungi indeks.

        ISBN 983-52-0243-5

       1.  Chemistry, Inorganic           I.Razak Ali        II. Judul

Notes:      .01 -----  phylosophy & theory



18)  Book

620.106

HEH
1999

Hehn, Anton H.

      Buku panduan kuasa bendalir: majalah plant engineering/ Anton H. Hehn; penterjemah Wan Mohd Norsani bin Wan Nik; Yahaya Ramli. - Skudai, Malaysia: UTM, 1999.

        viii, 322p. : ill. ; 23 cm

        Mengandungi  indeks.

        ISBN 983-52-0170-6

       1.  Plant engineering    2. Fluid power technology    I.Wan Mohd Norsani Bin Wan Nik
       II.  Yahaya Ramli         III. Judul

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