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Class Dispersion between the Library of Congress Classification and the Dewey Decimal Classification.

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O'Neill, Edward T.; And Others – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1987

Two statistical measures are used to compare the Library of Congress and Dewey Decimal Classification systems by applying them to the library science portions of the two systems using a database drawn from MARC records. It is concluded that the measures characterize two different properties of dispersion. (Author/EM)

Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Classification, Databases, Dewey Decimal Classification

Classification: Theory and Practice.

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Painter, Ann F., Ed. – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1974

In response to recent trends towards automated bibliographic control, this issue of "Drexel Library Quarterly" discusses present day bibliographic classification schemes and offers some insight into the future. This volume contains essays which: (1) define "classification"; (2) provide historical background; (3) examine the Dewey Decimal System,…

Descriptors: Classification, Cluster Grouping, Dewey Decimal Classification, Futures (of Society)