A Handbook of History, Theory and Practice of the Dewey Decimal Classification System
$231.09
- Hardcover
198 pages
- Release Date
16 February 2023
Summary
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.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781783306107 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1783306106 |
| Author: | Alex Kyrios, M.P. Satija |
| Publisher: | Facet Publishing |
| Imprint: | Facet Publishing |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 198 |
| Release Date: | 16 February 2023 |
| Weight: | 528g |
| Dimensions: | 24mm x 160mm x 245mm |
Critics Review
“This is a comprehensive guide that delves into the nuances and intricacies of the longstanding library classification scheme, the Dewey Decimal System (DDC). The authors’ extensive combined knowledge and experience in DDC permeate the book, rendering it a valuable resource for both novices and experienced library practitioners.”
– Lesa Maclean * Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association *Alex Kyrios
Professor M. P. Satija is an Emeritus fellow in the Department of Library & Information Science, Guru Nanak Dev University, India. In his long professional career he has written extensively on library classification systems, especially the Dewey Decimal Classification and the Colon Classification. He has authored textbooks on every edition of the DDC since the 19th (1979). He has collaborated with three successive editors of the DDC and his works have been translated in many European, and Asian languages. Dr Satija serves on the editorial boards of many international journals including the ISKO journal Knowledge Organization, and is a member of the UDC Consortium, The Hague.
Alex Kyrios is the Senior Editor of the Dewey Decimal Classification at OCLC, based out of the Library of Congress in Washington, DC USA. He is responsible for overseeing the continuous updating and revision of the classification, and works with partners and volunteers around the world to do so. Previously, he was a cataloguer at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C. and the University of Idaho. He has an M.S. in library science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a B.A. in English from the College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia.
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