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Peer reviewedSchaefer, Barbara K. – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1975
The revised Dewey Decimal Classification for mathematics is evaluated. (PF)
Descriptors: Classification, Dewey Decimal Classification, Library Science, Mathematics
Peer reviewedStevenson, Gordon – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1974
Descriptors: Catalogs, Classification, Dewey Decimal Classification, Library Science
Download full textDickey, Eve M.; Custer, Benjamin A. – 1976
Because of its hierarchical notation, the Dewey Decimal Classification is advantageous for machine searching. However, the increased volume of topics in recent years has made recoding in the system necessary. Education, for example, is a rapidly changing field, and the Dewey Decimal Classification system has not kept pace. As a result subject…
Descriptors: Classification, Dewey Decimal Classification, Education, Library Science
Shupak, Harris – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1974
Illustrates various aspects of the practices of classification. (Author/PF)
Descriptors: Classification, Dewey Decimal Classification, Library Science, Library Technical Processes
Tauber, Maurice F.; Feinberg, Hilda – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1974
Describes the two classification systems most used in the United States. (PF)
Descriptors: Classification, Dewey Decimal Classification, Library of Congress Classification, Library Science
Batty, C. D. – Unesco Bulletin for Libraries, 1973
This article describes the pioneering application of programmed instruction to classification and indexing and other established areas of library education tested at the College of Librarianship Wales from 1965 onwards. Details of the program design are given. (11 references) (Author/SJ)
Descriptors: Cataloging, Classification, Dewey Decimal Classification, Library Education
Stevenson, Gordon – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1974
Surveys the development of applied library classification during the past quarter century. (PF)
Descriptors: Classification, Dewey Decimal Classification, Library Education, Library of Congress Classification
Salmon, Laura E. – 2000
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of Melvil Dewey's work in the American public library, both in Dewey's day and today. Using the writings of Melvil Dewey, as well as writings about him, this study examined what changes Dewey made and influenced as they specifically related to services provided to library users. This included…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Classification, Dewey Decimal Classification, Information Science
Peer reviewedO'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
Anderson, James D. – 1978
In order to provide access to individual educators and researchers in library science on the basis of their specializations and types of research, a project was undertaken to develop a Classification of Education and Research in Librarianship and Information Science (CERLIS). A review was conducted of the treatment of library science materials in…
Descriptors: Classification, Dewey Decimal Classification, Human Resources, Information Science
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)
