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The classification was developed by James Hanson (chief of the Catalog Department), with assistance from Charles Martel, in 1897, while they were working at the Library of Congress. [2] It was designed specifically for the purposes and collection of the Library of Congress to replace the fixed location system developed by Thomas Jefferson.
The Sears model is not meant to serve as a standardized bridge for union catalogs, but rather as a model "for the creation of headings as needed." Like the Library of Congress Subject Headings, Sears' system is a subject list arranged in alphabetical order, making use of overarching subject categories and hierarchical subject subdivisions.
1300-1395 Religious societies of women 1300-1393 Young Women’s Christian Associations 1460-1615 Religious education (General) 1620-1652 Social life, recreation, etc., in the church 2000-3705 Missions 2123-2595 Special churches 2130-2300 Roman Catholic Church 2350-2595 Protestant churches 2610-2695 Special types of missions
This is a conversion chart showing how the Dewey Decimal and Library of Congress Classification systems organize resources by concept, in part for the purpose of assigning call numbers. These two systems account for over 95% of the classification in United States libraries, and are used widely around the world.
The card catalog at Yale University's Sterling Memorial Library Another view of the SML card catalog The card catalog in Manchester Central Library Finding aids are utilized to assist information professionals and help researchers find materials within an archive [1] The Card Catalog at the Library of Congress. A library catalog (or library ...
The LCCN numbering system has been in use since 1898, at which time the acronym LCCN originally stood for Library of Congress Card Number. [1] [2] It has also been called the Library of Congress Catalog Card Number, among other names.
Author: pwei: Short title: Library of Congress Classification Outline; Date and time of digitizing: 16:07, 12 March 2003: File change date and time: 13:31, 22 November 2010
Class P: Language and Literature is a classification used by the Library of Congress Classification system. This page outlines the subclasses of Class P. It contains 19 sub-classifications, 12 of which are dedicated to language families and geographic groups of languages, and 10 sub-classifications of literature (4 subclasses contain both languages and literatures).