Even though statistical compilations published by the U.S. Office of Education imply that 39 academic libraries abandoned the Library of Congress Classification in favor of Dewey during the 1960's, a survey of the libraries themselves reveals that none took such an anomalous step. (3 references) (Author)

The reclassification of the Arkansas State University collection from Dewey Decimal to the Library of Congress scheme is reported. (SJ)

Survey data are provided on the extent to which the Library of Congress Classification system was used in 1967 and 1971 by libraries of various sizes and categories. (Author/PF)

A brief description of the reasons for and methods employed in arriving at an expansion of the Library of Congress classes PT 2600-2688. (Author)

Presents a brief history of the Library of Congress (LC) Z schedule and recent LC modifications in the treatment of subject bibliography. Description of a university library system includes a schedule for political and social sciences subject bibliography (Z7161-7166) giving alternate class numbers for systematic placement of bibliographies. (17…

A review of the literature relating to classification schemes for documents other than that of the Superintendent of Documents is followed by a presentation of the details of the classification scheme created for the University of Texas at El Paso Library, a medium-sized academic library. (Author)

Reported are results of a survey to determine what classification schemes are used by college and university libraries. (3 references) (SJ)

Describes the Dewey Online Retrieval System (DORS), which was developed at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), to experiment with classification-based search strategies in online catalogs. Classification structures in automated information retrieval are discussed; and specifications for a classification retrieval interface are…

The impact of a bibliographic retrieval/card production system, such as the Ohio College Library Center (OCLC), on the cataloging procedures of the large academic library is examined. (11 references) (Author/RS)

The Laurentian University Library has evolved a bilingual classified catalogue consisting of a public shelflist supplement by a French/English subject index. This produces an effective tool for locating all materials pertaining to a given topic in either or both of two languages. (Author/NH)

Production was increased by analyzing the duties of the staff and assigning duties to the proper level of personnel. Further improvement was made through the use of process forms and machines. (Author/NH)

Two indexes in the social sciences are discussed. Both indexes were begun on the basis of a review of existing class cards and undergo continual revision and expansion. (Author/NH)

Although the classified catalog at Boston University libraries has been a useful research tool, it has proven too expensive to keep current. The library has converted to a traditional alphabetic subject catalog and will recieve catalog cards from the Ohio College Library Center through the New England Library Network. (Author/LS)

Reports on research that examined the clustering of similar books provided by a classification system and ways in which the books that patrons circulate are clustered in a university library. Measures of classification system performance are suggested and used to evaluate two test collections. Consequences for full-text document systems and online…

Describes a study that was conducted at the University of Botswana library to determine the extent to which Library of Congress catalog cardsets facilitate the cataloging and classification process. Flow charts for cataloging and classification are described, and estimates of cataloging costs using cardsets are compared with costs for original…