Chapter 3 : Sources of knowledge : Libraries
9.1 Identify the different between Library of Congress Classification System (L.C.) and Dewey Demical Classification (D.D.C)
Answer : The Library of Congress Classification (LCC) is a system of library classification developed by the Library of congress. It is used by most research and academic libraries in the U.S. and several other countries. Most public libraries and small academic libraries continue to use the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC)
The Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC, also called the Dewey Decimal System) is a proprietary system of library classification. This system organizes books on library shelves in a specific and repeatable order that makes it easy to find any book and return it to its proper place.
Both of them originated in the U. S. A.; but they are different in nature and structure. Since LCC and DDC have been widely adopted by libraries outside their mother country, a comparison between them may be of interest to library patrons.
It was for a unique library that LCC was formulated. The special nature of the Library of Congress influenced the whole structure of the scheme. The Congress library consists of several collections, each housed separately; the resulting scheme is a series of individual classifications designed separately by subject specialists.
On the contrary, DDC is intended for use in all sorts of libraries of various sizes with abridged editions specially constructed for relatively small libraries of any type: public, school, and junior college libraries. It is the invention of one man, Melvil Dewey.
Differing from LCC, DDC is a hierarchical classification, applying the principle of development from the general to the specific in disciplinary and subject relationships. Notations display the hierarchical features in the lengthening of the basic number by one digit for successive divisions.
Sources : Library of Congress Classification , Dewey Decimal Classification , difference between dc and lc
9.2 Make a link to ....
The Library of congress
British Library
Thai National Library
SPU Library
ASEAN
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