It was Mary who suggested using Library of Congress classifications (LCC for short). This is the system used in most university libraries in the United States. LCC uses two letter general codes followed by a set of letters and numbers specifying the location of the book. The LCC system was created in 1897 and has held up quite well for over 100 years. Wikipedia has a great reference page about the Library of Congress Classification system including a list of all the categories here.
Many books already have LCC numbers printed on their copyrights page. The Library of Congress also makes its catalogs available at http://catalog.loc.gov. The LCC system offered us a system which categorized all of our books into a well known list with categories which could be looked up programmatically. This is the system we chose.
To recap:
Alphabetizing with Categorization – Required us to design the subject categories, isn’t very precise, and must be done manually.
Hard Alphabetizing – Works a little better with computers, but has all of the other drawbacks of soft alphabetizing.
Dewey Decimal (DDC) – Has better sorting, but subject categories are still somewhat subjective.
Library of Congress (LCC) – Provides excellent sorting capabilities, has pre-defined subject categories, and can be categorized programmaticall
It was Mary who suggested using Library of Congress classifications (LCC for short). This is the system used in most university libraries in the United States. LCC uses two letter general codes followed by a set of letters and numbers specifying the location of the book. The LCC system was created in 1897 and has held up quite well for over 100 years. Wikipedia has a great reference page about the Library of Congress Classification system including a list of all the categories here.Many books already have LCC numbers printed on their copyrights page. The Library of Congress also makes its catalogs available at http://catalog.loc.gov. The LCC system offered us a system which categorized all of our books into a well known list with categories which could be looked up programmatically. This is the system we chose.To recap:Alphabetizing with Categorization – Required us to design the subject categories, isn’t very precise, and must be done manually.Hard Alphabetizing – Works a little better with computers, but has all of the other drawbacks of soft alphabetizing.Dewey Decimal (DDC) – Has better sorting, but subject categories are still somewhat subjective.Library of Congress (LCC) – Provides excellent sorting capabilities, has pre-defined subject categories, and can be categorized programmaticall
การแปล กรุณารอสักครู่..
