Recent Advances in Library Classification and Acquisition
Burman, Jogender Singh
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PRODUCT DETAILS
Book ID : 32195
ISBN-10 : 81-7880-284-8 / 8178802848
Place
of Publication :
Delhi
Year
of Publication :
2008
Edition : (First Edition)
Language : English
23 cm.
CONTENTS
CONTENTS:- 1. Library Classification: An Introduction; 2. Library Classification: Theory and the Internet; 3. Library Classification Schemes and User-oriented Class Associations; 4. Library Classification Schemes and Internet Resources; 5. Nippon Decimal Classification (NDC); 6. Automatic Book Classification; 7. Classification Practices in India; 8. Acquisition Under Control: Copyright in library; 9. Managing an Acquisition Windfall; 10. Evaluation; 11. Acquisition Practice in India; 12. Policies on Book Selection and acquisition.
DESCRIPTION
Human being seem to have an innate need to organise. The need to organise large amounts of knowledge and information led to the development of classification schemes and other organisational tools. Rapid changes in the way information is generated and accessed lead to changes in the information is organised for retrieval.
