It has always been a lifetime practice of man to arrange things in the most convenient order to save time and for ease of access and use. Such practice is commonly known as classification; the aim of which to bring order and logics to things and thought. We are exposed to classification in every aspect of our life, for example the filing of patients records in a doctor’s office, the way supermarket arrange groceries on their shelves and the layout strategies garments stores use to display their products. Classification is one of the main activities of cataloguing and involves the assigning of numbers to represent subject content. Without classification, access to and the storing of library material would be very challenging, time consuming …show more content…
It should be able to accommodate new notation as knowledge expands e.g., new classifications such as computers, environmental issues. The terms must be clear and easy to understand, accompanied where necessary by full definitions, the scope of headings, and notes to guide the classifier. It should be printed in a form which is easy to handle and consult and enable the user to grasp the structure. It must be revised frequently to keep up with new knowledge, new interpretations, and new emphases in the presentation of knowledge. …show more content…
Subject relationships and disciplines moves from general to specific; hence DDC is also called hierarchical classification. The relative index brings together various aspects of subjects that appear in different disciplines. Mortimer highlighted that DDC consist of ten classes. Each of the classes from 100 to 900 represents broad discipline or group of disciplines, whereas the 000 class contains general subjects…each class has ten divisions and each division has ten sections
Research in Library Science is conducted in many areas covering multiple questions, but one thing shared is data collection. Qualitative and quantitative information to support the question at hand are necessary to validate the needs or phenomenon or trends (Wildemuth, 2009). Transaction logs and focus groups are two valuable data collection techniques.
STILAS, the Technical Library's networked computer cataloging database, is essential to our day-to-day operations. It allows both patrons and staff up-to-the-minute access to the library current holdings. It shows what is available for check out, what is already checked out, and in some instances- what is missing from the library's collection. The records that appear in the online catalog are created by a process called copy cataloging. Copy cataloging is the process of "copying bibliographic records from a source database such as OCLC WorldCat, [and] has increased librarians' efficiency by eliminating duplication of effort. One library creates a bibliographic record for an item such as a book and many other libraries can copy or migrate the data into their local online catalogs, thus saving each individual library the work of cataloging the item and entering the data into the system." (Beall & Kafadar, 2004). There is one potential flaw to copy cataloging, however. If the original record is created with typographical errors, those errors are then imported, or migrated, into every successive database there afterwards. A typographical error can greatly hinder one's ability to locate desired materials, so this is not situation that is best avoided. However, this flaw can be eliminated or greatly reduced if care is taken to carefully select the source of the record. For instance, if the cataloger at the Technical Library has the option of copy cataloging an original record from a Library of Congress (LCC) cataloger, or from an elementary school library technician, she should choose the LCC record.
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The focus of this report is to compare the structure of Trinity College Library and The Hive.
Papakhian, A. Ralph. “Cataloging.” in Music Librarianship at the Turn of the Century ed. Richard Griscom, 19-28. Music Library Association Technical Reports, No. 27. Lanham, Maryland: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2000.
Though many of the people around us enjoy the luxury of having access to libraries and books everyday, that is not the case for the vast majority of people around the world.
Sorting Things Out: Classification and Its Consequences was written by Geoffrey Bowker and Susan Leigh Star in 1999 and published by Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This work, specifically the introduction discusses the idea of classification and how its patterns are a result of human nature. The authors argue that ultimately the reason we classify can be attributed to human qualities. This thesis is supported by relevant examples in our own lives. For example, the authors write about the classification found in a modern home from the fabric of the furniture to the various codes of building permits allowed. The act of classifying, according to the authors, is almost unconscious. They take this idea a step further by describing the process of classifying as being invisible. The introduction ultimately sets up a foundation for the authors to examine information infrastructures by using classification examples such as the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) and the Nursing Interventions Classification. Their goal is to question why and how classification plays a role in life and human interaction.
In a nutshell libraries exist to connect people with information. The purpose of this is to discuss similarities and differences between following libraries in terms of who they serve, collections held and what services are provided. All the information below are from their perspective websites.
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A library or information unit must have a dedicated plan on having an organized Collection Development Policy, represents the guideposts of all types of library institutions. Collection development is the process of planning, selecting, acquiring and evaluating the library collections’ convenience to print and electronic collection developments. Thus, it is essential to have a written collection development policy, a statement of general collection building principles with desalinating the purpose and content of a collection in terms of relevance and internal audiences (Clayton and Gorman 2007). Broadly, the international and local libraries have sketched written collection development policies which they are aware of its uses. Recently, the written policies consistently renewed with the rise of digital collections. However, the value of the written collection development plan shakes with the complexity of managing electronic resources, funding and time considerations, criticism on how it written and also its inflexibility. This essay will examine the arguments for having the advantages of the written collection development policy (CDP) and the issues evolve which against the latter.
Billeter begins her article highlighting the ways that reference has not changed. Some of the ways are people do not know how to ask questions, but they ask them because they need answers. They do not know that libraries provide free reference services not available elsewhere, but those who do know come with a wide range of expectations, knowledge, and understanding of information. (2010, p. 34)
Ding (1993) mentioned that, an increasing number of Malay manuscripts in libraries, especially those in private collections, are disintegrating. This problem has been with the Malay World since the very beginning. Deterioration may be due to acid embrittlement of the paper, unsuitable storage environment, biological attacks or human negligence and mishandling. A number of these manuscripts are already brittle to a point of being unusable. As mentioned by Aytac (2002), flooding, terrorism, bomb threats, explosions, transportation accidents, earthquakes, fire and war also prove dangerous threats to the written cultural heritage. And because of this, the author also stated that the world cultural heritage is continually at risk because of natural and unnatural disasters. Thus, the development of a digital library of Malay manuscripts would provide significant insurance against the loss of these valuable materials for use in the learning community. According to Mohd Hilmi Md Rifin and A. N. Zainab, Many digital library initiatives focus on preserving various cultural heritages. Often, the initiatives comprise of various materials such as pictures, maps and paintings, and manuscripts are one of the materials included. Shafi (2004) listed some
The discussion into the relevance of this question can only be fabricated based on the definitive consideration of the internet, a key digital facet that expedites the abrasion of print publications. The internet has rendered access to information very effective, easy and strategic. Gone are the days when one would walk miles to the nearest library in order to satisfy their appetite for reading. With the internet, information storage has largely been restructured and can be retrieved in various digital forms. It is therefore commonsensical to assume that many publications, previously in print form, will eventually appear in digital format as e-books. To champions of printed books, this futuristic scenario provides the basis for their arguments.
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However, iIn spite of the current pre-eminence of e-books, it may be argued that they are not likely to replace print books anytime soon or possibly at all. Both formats have their advantages and drawbacks, which makes for one of them difficult to replace the other. Moreover, they serve differents needs and purposes. E-books are famous for their portability. Hundreds of e-books can be stored on a single device. Thus e-books don’t take shelving space and are convenient to take on travel, while even a few paper books are bulky and quite heavy to carry around. Numerous e-books are in open access, while paper books are not routinely available free of charge. E-books may be acquired and accessed immediately online, a feature I enjoy especially and treasure most: many a time I was able to buy and read an e-book at home within minutes of learning of its existence. Needless to say, e-books are considerably easier to cite and quote than print books, since the copy-paste feature spares us the trouble of retyping the quoted text. Another important advantage of digital books is their specialized software, which makes reading much easier: search and reference tools, changeable font size and day/night mode, dictionaries. Last but not least, e-books conserv...