Surveys the development of applied library classification during the past quarter century. (PF)

Describes the two classification systems most used in the United States. (PF)

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

In Edition 18 of the Dewey Decimal Classification system an effort was made to keep the changes to a minimum without overly compromising the updating of the system. However, all the changes made were not caused by new knowledge; many were for structural reasons. (17 references) (Author/SJ)

Because the Library of Congress Classification system classifies the various literatures of Africa by the language in which these literatures were originally written, it scatters them throughout subclasses PJ-PZ. Classification by an alternative means is proposed. (11 references) (Author/RS)

The 384 references in this bibliography represent a selection of recent literature (post 1960) on the Universal Decimal Classification (UDC). More selectivity is applied to earlier literature, and only the more significant items, generally of substantial importance, are chosen from publications earlier than 1950. The objective is to assemble a…

Melvil Dewey patterened his decimal classification system after the one developed by William Phipps Blake for the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition of 1876. (SJ)

In anticipation of the mid-1971 publication date for Edition 18 of the Dewey Decimal Classification", this article explains how the dislikes will be either eliminated or reduced, how the likes will be extended, and how new provisions will enhance the ease of application of Dewey. (Author/NH)

Discusses revisions in the Library of Congress Classification schedules-- Class D: History, General and Old World, Class H: Social Sciences, and Class Q: Science. (RM)

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,…

Discusses theoretical and practical progress made in the classification of information for retrieval in the last 20 years and suggests alternatives to the Dewey Decimal and Library of Congress classification systems. (JVP)

With the anticipated publication date of mid-1971 for Dewey Decimal Classification Edition 18, this article explains how the dislikes to Edition 17 will be reduced or eliminated and how the ease of application of Dewey will be enhanced by general-special concepts, five additional auxilary tables, and an improved index. (MF)

Offers illustrations of anomalies and prejudices found in common information retrieval tools: "LC Subject Headings" (9th edition), "Dewey Decimal Classification" (19th edition), "Universal Decimal Classification" (3rd abridged edition). Index terms in areas of sexual bias, social strata, politics, knowledge, customs,…