Talk:Library classification
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Can anyone provide me with information on what systems of library classification are used in their countries, to be added to this article. I'm especially interested in countries that don't speak English. (I pretty well know the situation already for the US and Australia).
- In the Netherlands, most public libraries use SISO, schema voor de indeling van de systematische catalogus in openbare bibliotheken (scheme for the classification of the systematic catalogue in public libraries). In http://vakwijzer.kennisnet.nl/pls/knetp/vak.vak_zoek_p.vakz0510_show a large number of web links are given in the SISO classification. Because this classification is too fine-grained for most users, PIM, presentatiesysteem informatieve media (presentation system [for] non-fiction media) is currently being introduced in some public libraries. I did not find an overview. BC, Nederlandse Basisclassificatie (Dutch basic classification) was originally introduced to classify internet resources, but is being introduced in some scientific libraries. See http://www.kb.nl/dutchess.ned/nbc_main.html
- In the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium, an adaptation of SISO was used. It seems that it is being replaced by ZIZO, zonder inspanning zoeken (search without effort), a simpler classification geared towards school libraries. -- dnjansen 01:04 Mar 2, 2003 (UTC)
203.109.250.xxx check your capitalization on the word 'classification'. UDC, DDC, but LCc.
We should distinguish: Classification is a system of organizing library materials into subjects. Shelf order is the order in which books are shelved in the library.
In a library with a closed stack, the user has to consult a catalogue to find library materials. (One of the catalogues typically is based on a classification.) Only library personnel has direct access to the books and retrieves them for the users. So, there is no need for a shelf order based on the classification. Therefore, in a closed stack, there are a few size categories, and within each category, books are ordered according to the date of purchase. This saves space in two ways: shelves can be made as low to accommodate just the books of the size category, and only at the end of a category, space is needed for extensions.
In the 19th and 20th centuries, libraries started to give direct access to a significant part of their collection. Only then it is sensible to shelf the books according to some classification.
Viewed in this light, one may hardly call the older shelf orders haphazardly. -- dnjansen 01:04 Mar 2, 2003 (UTC)