CONTENTS:- Preface; Introduction to library classification; Dewey decimal classification; Library of congress classification; Subject classification; Faceted classification; Colon classification; Bibliographic classification; Universal decimal classification; Grounded classification; Modern trends in knowledge taxonomies; Classification in electronic libraries; Automatic classification; Automatic classification of web resources; Use of colon classification in world wide web.
DESCRIPTION
The library classification is a system of coding and organizing is a system of coding and organizing library materials according to their subject. As a process, classification involves the orderly and systematic assignment of each entity to one and only one class within a system of mutually exclusive and non-overlapping classes. This process is lawful and systematic. There are many standard systems of library classification in use, and many more have been proposed over the years.
