The theory and practice of the Dewey Decimal Classification system /

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Author / Creator:Satija, Mohinder Partap, 1949-
Edition:2nd ed.
Imprint:Oxford : Chandos Pub. ; Cambridge : Woodhead Pub., 2013.
Description:1 online resource (xxiii, 302 pages)
Language:English
Series:Chandos information professional series
Chandos information professional series.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13539170
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ISBN:1780634048
9781780634043
9781843347385
1843347385
Notes:First edition published 2007.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print version record.
Summary:The Dewey Decimal Classification system (DDC) is the world's most popular library classification system. The 23rd edition of the DDC was published in 2011. This second edition of The Theory and Practice of the Dewey Decimal Classification System examines the history, management and technical aspects of the DDC up to its latest edition. The book places emphasis on explaining the structure and number building techniques in the DDC and reviews all aspects of subject analysis and number building by the most recent version of the DDC. A history of, and introduction to, the DDC is followed by subject analysis and locating class numbers, chapters covering use of the tables and subdivisions therein, multiple synthesis, and using the relative index. In the appendix, a number of academically-interesting questions are identified and answered. Provides a comprehensive chronology of the DDC from its inception in 1876, to the present dayDescribes the governance, revision machinery and updating processGives a table of all editors of the DDC.
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