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Download full textMiksa, Francis – 1984
This paper traces the development of classification at the Library of Congress in terms of its broader context and by accounting for changes in the present system since its initial period of creation between 1898 and 1910 and the present. Topics covered include: (1) Early Growth of the Collections; (2) Subject Access During the Early Years; (3) A.…
Descriptors: Classification, History, Indexing, Library Catalogs
Stevenson, Gordon – 1980
Between 1900 and 1905, Rudolph Focke published a series of papers on classification theory and a draft of a code for the construction of classified catalogs. His work was the direct result of the reform of librarianship during the last decades of the nineteenth century. The large number of classification systems used by German university and…
Descriptors: Biographies, Cataloging, Classification, History
Processing Services 1905: Putting the Library's House in Order and the Country's Cataloging in Gear.
Peer reviewedSmith, David A. – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1985
In 1905, Library of Congress Processing Services had about 100 employees in 2 divisions: Catalog and Order. Herbert Putnam, Librarian of Congress since 1899, cataloging chief James Hanson, and chief classifier Charles Martel were engaged in restoring order to library's collections and centralizing cataloging activity for entire country. (41…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Classification, History, Library Administration
Peer reviewedPowers, Jan – Science and Technology Libraries, 1986
Description of a special library housed in world's largest indoor aquarium highlights history of aquarium and library; the collection supporting animal care-taking, reference, and research activities; archives; computer capabilities; users (primarily staff) and services; and networking and cooperation. Date founded, director, collection and staff…
Descriptors: Animal Facilities, Archives, Classification, History
Peer reviewedJonas, Eva S.; Regen, Shari S. – Science and Technology Libraries, 1986
Argues that the Museum of Comparative Zoology Library reflects the union between the nineteenth century natural history values of Louis Agassiz and the twentieth century library and information science methodology. Special collections, records, cataloging and classification, serials and their classification, policies, services, and procedures are…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Classification, College Libraries, Higher Education
Kozaczka, Stanley J. – 1983
This essay outlines the development, present condition, and future direction of the 20,000-volume Polish research collection at Alliance College, located in Cambridge Springs, Pennsylvania. Alliance College was founded in 1912 by the Polish National Alliance (PNA), a life insurance fraternal organization. In 1931 its entire library collection was…
Descriptors: Cataloging, College Libraries, Higher Education, History
