A Handbook of History, Theory and Practice of the Dewey Decimal Classification System

M. P. Satija; Alex Kyrios

doi:10.29085/9781783306114

The Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC), used in 200,000 libraries across 140 countries, has entered a new age, primarily maintained today as a continuously revised electronic system rather than an occasionally updated set of print volumes. Its editors have added newly emerging topics and made it an increasingly faceted, semantically rich, modern system. Simultaneously, the editorial process has become democratised and more responsive to global needs.

A Handbook of History, Theory and Practice of the Dewey Decimal Classification System is a comprehensive, practical guide to today's DDC. Coverage includes: a brief history of the system, its editors, and its development; specialized examinations of specific parts of the classification; extensive guidance on number building, with many examples; a WebDewey-specific chapter, covering the system's benefits and features; concise summaries of primary takeaways, a glossary, and extensive bibliography.

This book will be an indispensable guide to twenty-first century DDC, an essential companion for DDC classifiers, and accessible for students and continuing learners as well.

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Frontmatter
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Contents
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List of Figures and Tables
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About the authors
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Acknowledgements
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Introduction
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1 - A Brief History of the Dewey Decimal Classification
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2 - Governance and Revision of the DDC
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3 - Introduction to the Text
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4 - Basic Plan and Structure
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5 - Subject Analysis and Locating Class Numbers
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6 - Tables and Rules for Precedence and Citation Order
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7 - Number Building
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8 - Use of Table 1 Standard Subdivisions
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9 - Use of Table 2 Geographic Areas, Historical Periods, Biography
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10 - Use of Table 4 Subdivisions of Individual Languages and Table 6 Languages
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11 - Use of Table 3 Subdivisions for the Arts, for Individual Literatures, for Specific Literary Forms
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12 - Use of Table 5 Ethnic and National Groups
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13 - Multiple Synthesis: Deeper Subject Analysis
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14 - Classification of General Statistics, Law, Geology, Geography and History
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15 - Using the Relative Index
pp 137-150
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16 - WebDewey
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17 - Options and Local Adaptations
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18 - Current Developments in the DDC and Future Trends
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Appendix 1 - A Broad Chronology of the DDC, 1851–2022
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Appendix 2 - History of Other Versions of the DDC
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Appendix 3 - Table of DDC Editors
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Appendix 4 - Editors of the DDC
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Appendix 5 - Takeaways
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Further resources
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