The Theory and Practice of the Dewey Decimal Classification System

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.P. Satija
Keyword(s):  
Classification System ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Decimal Classification

Managing Hierarchies and Taxonomies in Relational Databases

2005 ◽  
pp. 1870-1874
Author(s):  
Ido Millet
Keyword(s):  
Classification System ◽  
Relational Databases ◽  
Life Forms ◽  
Decimal Classification ◽  
Concept Hierarchies

The need to maintain classification and retrieval mechanisms that rely on concept hierarchies is as old as language itself. Familiar examples include the Dewey decimal classification system used in libraries and the system for classifying life forms developed in the 1700s by Carolus Linnaeus. A more recent example is Yahoo’s subject taxonomy.

scholarly journals The Revision of the Universal Decimal Classification for Astronomy

1989 ◽  
Vol 110 ◽  
pp. 70-71
Author(s):  
G. A. Wilkins
Keyword(s):  
Classification System ◽  
International Federation ◽  
Expert Advice ◽  
Independent System ◽  
Major Revision ◽  
The World ◽  
Universal Decimal Classification ◽  
Decimal Classification ◽  
Made In

AbstractThe Universal Decimal Classification system is widely used throughout the world for the arrangement of books in libraries and for the indexing of papers and reports as an aid to the retrieval of information. It is a comprehensive and language-independent system. The classification for astronomy and related topics (UDC 52) is used by many persons whose main interests are outside astronomy as well as by astronomical specialists. It is important that the classification be kept up to date, but the revision of UDC 52 is now overdue, as the last major revision was made in 1975 and published in 1977. It is clearly the responsibility of IAU Commission 5 to provide expert advice to the International Federation for Information and Documentation (FID) on the revision. Persons who are willing to participate in the work of revision are invited to write to the author, who is the current chairman of the relevant revision committee.

Dewey and the visual arts: some thoughts on the scheme and its application

2011 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 5-12
Author(s):  
Jill Cripps
Keyword(s):  
Visual Arts ◽  
Classification System ◽  
User Perspective ◽  
Library Users ◽  
The Common ◽  
Decimal Classification ◽  
Common Perception ◽  
Better Than ◽  
Library Collections

The Dewey Decimal Classification system, frequently used to arrange arts collections, has a number of commendable aspects but also some significant shortcomings. Evidence suggests that visual arts library users can further their creative ideas by browsing library shelves, and the author considers this should inform classification practice. Dewey, approached from a user perspective and applied with attention to the scheme’s potential, can provide a shelf order that promotes browsing. The common perception that Dewey is most suited to general library collections is perhaps not entirely justified. Within the visual arts, it possibly accommodates specialist resources rather better than is sometimes imagined, particularly with judicious adaptation. A number of modifications are easy enough to achieve and may be applied across a range of visual arts resources.

Managing Hardcopy Drawings

2012 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 41-53
Author(s):  
Zeundjua Tjiparuro ◽  
Shadreck Mumbiana Situmbeko
Keyword(s):  
Classification System ◽  
Appropriate Technology ◽  
Classification Systems ◽  
Research Centre ◽  
Library Management ◽  
Library Management System ◽  
Cad Cam ◽  
Engineering Drawings ◽  
Universal Decimal Classification ◽  
Decimal Classification

This Paper Presents a Classification System for Managing and Indexing Hardcopy Engineering Drawings, Referred to, in this Paper, as Drawings Library Management System (DLMS), Developed for an Appropriate Technology Research Centre in Botswana. the System Is Akin to Common Library Cataloguing and Classification Systems such as the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC), Universal Decimal Classification and Others, which, though Are Well-Known and Have Been around for many Years, Are yet to Be Exploited for the Classification and Management of Paper Drawings. in Fact, Hardcopy Drawings Appear to Be Neglected Compared to the Softcopy Type, for which Various Scholarly Articles Have Been Done on their Classification, Retrieval and Management. this Is Unfortunate as, Invariably, it Is Hardcopy/paper Drawings that Are Mostly Used in Production, Especially in Developing Countries where the Power of CAD/CAM Is yet to Be Fully Harnessed. Accordingly, the DLMS, a Model Successfully Used in a Research Centre in Botswana for over Ten Years Is Proposed.The System Was Further Analysed against and Compared to Three Main Library Classification Systems, Namely, the Dewey Decimal, the Universal Decimal and the Library of Congress Systems. Results Show that the DLMS Is a Better Classification System for Managing Hardcopy Drawings.

scholarly journals The Logic Behind the Classification of Sciences in the Arab-Islamic Classification Systems: with the Modern Western Classification Systems An Analytical Comparative Reading

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 69
Author(s):  
Nahed Mohamad Basyoni Salem
Keyword(s):  
Analytical Method ◽  
Classification System ◽  
Classification Systems ◽  
Library Of Congress ◽  
Scientific Methods ◽  
Rules And Principles ◽  
Modern Classification ◽  
Decimal Classification

This study aimed to explore the rules and principles adopted in the Arab-Islamic Classification Systems and tried to identify their scientific methods to determine the relations between sciences. The study followed the comparative analytical method to analyze and compare the Arab-Islamic Classification Systems with the Western modern ones represented in the Dewey Decimal Classification System and the Library of Congress Classification System. The research tries to explore the logic behind classification of sciences in the Arab-Islamic Classification Systems. The findings revealed that the Arab-Islamic Classification Systems follow the same rules and principles of modern classification systems and their types are represented in the types of modern Western classification systems. The study recommends the need to conduct research on the Arab-Islamic Classification Systems and introduce it. 

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