LIS14103 LIBRARY CLASSIFICATION AND CATALOGUING THEORY

LIBRARY CLASSIFICATION AND CATALOGUING THEORY –

LIS14103

UNIT CONTENTS

1

Library Classification- Development of Classification, Classification of Libraries, Multi-

Point Hospitality, Decimal Classification, Phase-Analysis, The Need and Purpose of Library

Classification, Library Classification, Need and Objective, Document and Knowledge

Classifications, The Implications and the Fundamental Laws of Library Classification, An

Introduction to Postulates & Postulation Approach, Classification and Postulational

Approach, Fundamental Categories, Enumerative Classification Scheme, Faceted Scheme.

2

Library Classifications Recent Trends and Developments- Introduction, Components of the

Call Number, Canon for Characteristics, Canon of Differentiation, Canon of Relevance,

Conon of Ascertain Ability, Canon of Permanence, Canons of Succession of Characteristic,

Canon of Concomitance, Canon of Relevant Succession, Canon of Consistent Succession,

Canon for Array, Canon of Exhaustiveness, Canon of Exclusiveness, Canon of

Exclusiveness, Canon of Health Sequence, Canon of Consistent Sequence, Canon for Chain

of Classes, Canon of Decreasing Extension, Canon of Modulation, Canon for Filiatory

Sequence, Canon of Subordinate Classes, Canon of Coordinate Classes, Canons for verbal

Plane, Canon of Context, Canon of Enumeration, Canon of Currency, Canons for National

Plane, Canons for hospitality in Array, Canon of Extrapolation in Array, Canon of

Interpellation in Array, Canons for hospitality in Chain, Canons of Extrapolation in Chain,

Canon of Interpolation, Notations, Types of Notations, Importance and Utility of Notations,

The Qualities of a Notation, Mnemonics, Mnemonics and their kinds.

3

Phase Relations and Classification Schemes- Introduction, Phase Relations in Classification

Schemes, Inter-Subject Phase Relations, Compare the applications of common isolates in

CC, DDC, Isolates, Kinds of common Isolates, Common Isolates in Colon Classification,

Posteriorising Common isolates (PCI), Special Isolates in Colon Classification, Common

Isolates in Dewey Decimal Classification, Special Isolate in DDC, Major Schemes of

Classification, Plan and Structure of Scheme, Auxiliary Tables, Relative Index, Notation in

DDC, Development in DDC, Use of DDC, Five Fundamental Categories, Postulates of

Facet Sequence, Common Isolates, Devices Used, Phase Relation, Notation, Salient

Features of the Scheme, Development of CC, Universal Decimal Classification (UDC),

Merits and Demerits of UDC, bFacet Sequence, Principle for Facet Sequence, Facet

Sequence in Universal Decimal Classification (UDC).

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Introduction, Objective of Library Catalogue, Functions of Library Catalogue, Classification

and Cataloguing and Their Complementary Nature, The Relevance of the Library Catalogue

in Relation to the Five Laws of Library Science, Modern Cataloguing Rules or codes,

Library Catalogue: Its Need and Purpose, Library Catalogue and Bibliography, Shelf List

and Its Utility, Shelf List-format, Usefulness of Shelf List, Services and an Inventory of

Documents, Conventional Physical Form of Library Catalogue, Card for Library Catalogue,

Visible index form, Microform Catalogue, Machine Readable Catalogue, Inner Form of

Library Catalogue, The Process of Cataloguing and Classification, Entries and Their Kinds,

Entries in a Classified Catalogue, Entries in a Dictionary Catalogue.

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Catalogue Entries- Introduction, Filing of Entries according to C.C.C - Classical Part and

the Class Number, Alphabetical Part, ALA Filing Rules, Order of Entries under same word,

Author Arrangement, Subject Arrangement, Cross References, Accession Number Section,

Tracing Section, Added/Additional Entries, The Chain Procedure, Links, Various Sections

in CIEs.