02

Librarianship

⇨ 002 Documentation. Books. Writings. Authorship

⇨ 01 Bibliography and bibliographies. Catalogues

⇨ 37.091.322.7 Study skills. Comprehension and retention of matter learnt. Note-taking. Memoranda. Mnemonic techniques

021

Function, value, utility, creation, development of libraries

021.1

Function. Purpose. Utility (in general)

021.2

Educational function of libraries

⇨ 027.6 Libraries for special classes of user

⇨ 027.7 Libraries of institutions of higher education

⇨ 027.8 Libraries of institutions of primary and secondary education

⇨ 331.348 Recreational and educational facilities

021.3

Relation of libraries to educational institutions   To schools, young people. Children’s sections. Juvenile libraries

⇨ 027.6 Libraries for special classes of user

⇨ 027.7 Libraries of institutions of higher education

⇨ 027.8 Libraries of institutions of primary and secondary education

021.4

Accessory services. Specialized functions   Extension work. Lectures. Talks. Discussions. Exhibitions

021.6

Library expansion. Grouping. Cooperation

021.61

Storage areas. Book stores, depositories, repositories

021.62

Branch libraries. Regional branches

021.63

Centralization. Structure of library systems

021.64

Interlibrary cooperation

021.65

Mobile libraries. Travelling libraries

021.7

Library publicity, propaganda   In the press. By talks. Via schools, societies. Leaflets

021.8

Relations between libraries and public authorities

021.84

Free copies   Compulsory remittance of publications. Legal deposit. Copyright deposit

021.85

Exchange of publications

021.89

Library legislation

021.9

Finance, funds   Subscriptions, gifts, grants, rates

022

Library site, building, premises. Equipment

⇨ 727 Buildings for educational, scientific, cultural purposes

022.1

Situation. Site. Location. Accessibility

022.2

Building materials. Protection of building

022.3

Planning, utilization of space   Layout, plan. Number of rooms

022.4

Organization of book storage   Accommodation of stock. Shelving

⇨ 025.8 Handling, treatment, shelving of books

022.42

Shelving for public access

Scope Note: In the reading room, etc.

022.43

Storage, closed access. Stacks

022.44

Open cases

022.47

Closed cases

022.48

Special-purpose cases, shelves   Hanging shelves. Map cases. Rolling presses

022.5

Reading rooms. Study. Workrooms

022.6

Administrative and other areas   Accommodation for various services. Special collection rooms. Lecture, conference rooms

022.7

Lighting

⇨ 628.9 Lighting. Illumination engineering

022.8

Heating. Ventilation

⇨ 628.8 Indoor climate. Air conditioning. Heating. Ventilating

⇨ 697 Heating, ventilation and air conditioning of buildings

022.9

Furniture. Fixtures. Fittings   Steps, trolleys. Lifts

⇨ 684.4 Furniture. Furniture design and manufacture

023

Library administration. Staff. Personnel

Application Note: Details by common auxiliaries of persons (Table 1k, -05)

023.1

Library statutes, rules, regulations, charters, byelaws

023.2

Appointment, tenure of officers. Conditions of appointment

023.3

Administrative councils   Library committees. Boards of trustees, of governors, of directors. Appointment. Functions

023.4

Executives: duties, responsibility, vocation. Profession of librarian   Chief, head librarian, keeper

023.5

Staff: functions, qualifications, seniority   Sublibrarians, deputies. Specialist, departmental librarians, librarians-in-charge. Cataloguers, stock editors. Assistant librarians. Library assistants, clerks, counter assistants. Messengers

Application Note: Details by special auxiliaries 3.08, from 3.07/.08

◇ 023.5.087.41 Salaries of library staff

024

Relations with the public. Regulations for library use

024.01

Prescribed uses of the library. Rules and regulations in general

024.1

Conditions of admission   Qualifications of users, readers, borrowers. Enrolment, registration

024.2

Charges, fees. Rented use. Free use

024.3

Hours, times of opening

024.4

Periods of closing   Sundays, festivals, holidays. Stock checking periods

024.5

Reference use   Use, consulting within the library

⇨ 025.5 Reference work

⇨ 027.081 Reference service

024.6

Home use   Loan for use outside the library. Loan period. Overdues. Fines. Reservations

⇨ 025.6 Loans

⇨ 027.082 Loan service

024.7

Special privileges. Exemptions from regulations

024.8

Abuses   Damage to stock. Defacement, destruction, loss, theft (by users)

◇ 024.8:62-759.8            Theft-prevention, security devices. Including: Tattling (affixing sensitive strips to books, to activate alarm if they are unauthorisedly removed)

⇨ 025.85 Care, preservation of books

025

Administrative departments of libraries

025.1

Executive. General supervision

025.11

Finances   Budget. Bookkeeping. Accounts

Application Note: Details by colon combination with the subdivision of 657

⇨ 657 Accountancy

025.12

Printing and publications   Library reports

025.13

Document reproduction and selection

025.133

Reproduction. Duplication

025.135

Selection. Sorting

025.15

Correspondence

025.17

Treatment of special materials

025.171

Manuscripts. Archives. Rarities

⇨ 930.25 Archivistics. Archives (including public and other records)

025.172

Pamphlets

025.173

Serials. Official publications

025.174

Broadsides, broadsheets. Bills, handbills

025.175

Cuttings, clippings

025.176

Maps. Charts

025.177

Art material. Audiovisual materials and services   Engravings. Photographs. Drawings. Slides. Illustrations. Media resources

025.178

Music   Scores. Rolls

025.2

Acquisition and accessioning

025.21

Selection of material

025.22

Acquisition of stock   Purchase. Exchange

025.24

Receipt and treatment of material on arrival   Collation

025.25

Processing of new stock   Accessioning. Accessions registers

025.26

Duplicate and exchange departments   Sale or exchange of surplus copies

025.267

Clearinghouses for duplicates

025.3/.6

Departments concerned with exploitation, utilization of the literature

025.3

Cataloguing. Cataloguing technique

025.31

Cataloguing rules in general   General instructions. Cataloguing codes

025.32

Principles of cataloguing. Entries

025.321

Style of cataloguing   Compilation of entries and references

025.321.3

Arrangement of entry   Conventional layout of information

025.321.4

Full bibliographic entries

025.321.5

Short-title, abbreviated entries

025.321.7

Cataloguer’s interpolations   Completion of doubtful or incomplete items. Indication of mistakes in title. Use of square brackets and other methods

Added entries. References

025.322

Analytical entries (with bibliographic details)

Heading. Entry word

025.324

Title. Description

Edition   Editor. Compiler

025.327

Imprint   Printer. Publisher. Place. Date

Notes. Annotations

025.329

Filing   Filing rules. Incorporation, withdrawal of entries

Collation   Cataloguing of parts of a work. Recording of format, pagination, chapters

025.34

Method of arrangement of catalogues. Rules for compilation

Catalogues in order of accession or location

025.341.1

Accessions catalogues

Shelf lists

025.342

Author catalogues. Author entry

Subject catalogues

025.343.1

Alphabetical subject catalogues

Classified, systematic catalogues

025.343.3

In combined alphabetical and systematic order. Alphabetico-classed catalogues

025.344

Title catalogues   Alphabetical catalogues of the significant terms from titles, catchword catalogues

025.345

Combined catalogues   Combinations of the above forms. Dictionary catalogues

Catalogues of additions. Additions lists

025.347

Alphabetic indexes   Of persons, subjects, places

Indexes arranged in numerical order

025.35

Catalogues according to form

Printed catalogues

025.354

Card catalogues

Online public access catalogue (OPAC)

◇ 025.355:004.5             OPAC interface

◇ 025.355:025.4.03       Searching and retrieval techniques in OPACs

◇ 025.355:077  Internet and Web OPACs

025.357

Supplements to the catalogue. Accessions bulletins

Classification and indexing   Indexing and retrieval languages. Classifications, thesauruses, etc. and their construction

⇨ 001.82 Study of organization

⇨ 168.2 Division. Analysis. Classification

025.4.01

Classification principles and procedure   Characteristics of division. Facets. Citation order. Filing order. Notation

Practical application, uses of classification   Shelf arrangement. Catalogue arrangement. Bibliographic use

025.4.03

Searching and retrieval techniques

Manual search and retrieval

025.4.034

Mechanical sorting   With punched card equipment

Computer-aided search and retrieval

025.4.05

Indexing and retrieval languages for the whole of knowledge   Universal classifications. Universal thesauruses

Indexing and retrieval languages for special subjects   Special classifications. Special thesauruses

025.43

Controlled term lists   Thesauruses. Descriptor lists

Classification systems

025.44

Classifications with mainly alphabetic notations

◇ 025.44BC       Bibliographic Classification (Bliss)

Classifications with mainly numeric notations

025.45

Decimal classifications

◇ 025.45DDC    Dewey Decimal Classification

◇ 025.45UDC    Universal Decimal Classification

Systems based on non-decimal or non-arabic numerals

025.47

Systems with mixed, alphanumeric notations

◇ 025.47CC       Colon Classification (Ranganathan)

Thesaurus-classification combinations   Thesaurofacet

025.49

Other indexing and retrieval languages

Reference work   Reference collections. Information services. Advice to readers

⇨ 024.5 Reference use

025.6

Loans   Loan records. Charging and issuing systems and equipment. Book cards (charging cards). Membership cards

◇ 025.6:021.64 Interlibrary loan

⇨ 024.6 Home use

Preservation, protection of books

025.7

Binding, upkeep, repair of books

Handling, treatment, shelving of books   Fixed and relative locations. Labelling, class-marking, shelf-marking

⇨ 022.4 Organization of book storage

025.85

Care, preservation of books   Damage. Restoration. Cleaning. Protection

⇨ 024.8 Abuses

Destruction, dispersal of collections   Deliberate destruction (of volumes not needed)

025.9

Administration of library buildings   Maintenance. Cleaning. Removals

Special libraries

⇨ 002.6 Documentation centres

026.06

Libraries and collections of audiovisual documents

Sound-record libraries   Gramophone records. Compact discs. Music tapes. Cassettes

026.064

Film libraries

Kinds of special library

026.07 ≅ 027

026.08

Kind of service (reference, loan)

General libraries

027.02

Sphere of activity of general libraries

Learned, scholarly libraries. Research libraries

027.022

Public, popular general libraries

Kind of service

027.081

Reference service

⇨ 024.5 Reference use

Loan service

⇨ 024.6 Home use

⇨ 027.3 Public paying libraries

027.1

Private libraries

Proprietary, semiprivate libraries   Libraries of learned societies, academies, clubs, associations, corporations, firms

027.3

Public paying libraries   Subscription libraries. Circulating libraries

⇨ 027.082 Loan service

Free public libraries

Scope Note: Established and supported by individuals or institutions

027.5

Public authority libraries

Local authority libraries   Municipal library systems

027.53

Regional authority libraries   Provincial library systems

Central authority libraries   State, national, government libraries (supported by central government funds). Libraries of departments of state, ministries

027.6

Libraries for special classes of user   Libraries for prisons, hospitals, factories, the disabled

Application Note: Details by colon combination and/or common auxiliaries of persons (Table 1k, -05)

◇ 027.6:343.811             Prison libraries

◇ 027.6-056.262             Libraries for the blind (Braille libraries)

Libraries according to the age and sex of users

027.625

For children, juniors, juveniles, young people, adolescents. Library work with children

⇨ 021.3 Relation of libraries to educational institutions

Libraries for minority groups   For foreigners, particular ethnic groups

027.64

Libraries for industrial, labouring, artisan groups. Workmen’s libraries

Libraries of institutions of higher education   University libraries. College libraries. Polytechnic libraries

027.8

Libraries of institutions of primary and secondary education   School libraries

Free reading rooms, newsrooms

028

Reading

◇ 028:061.2      Readings clubs

Taste, passion for reading

⇨ 090.1 Bibliophily. Bibliomania

028.02

Reading psychology   Relationships between reader, author, book

Reading methods, technique. Behaviour with books   Skimming. Browsing. Note-taking. Evaluation of reading matter

028.2

Choice of editions   Criteria for selection of best edition: annotations, indexes, paper, type

Courses of reading. Prescribed books. Reading lists

028.4

Reading of various classes of literature

Application Note: Details on specific genre of literature by colon combination with the subdivision of 82-1/-9

◇ 028.4:82-3     Reading of fiction

⇨ 82-1/-9 Special auxiliary subdivision for literary forms and genres

Works in foreign language

028.5

Reading of young people. Children’s reading habits

⇨ 087.5 Publications for young people

Teaching the art of reading   Lectures. Stimulus and guidance in schools

⇨ 159.946.4 Graphic expression. Reading

⇨ 37.014.22 Combating of illiteracy. Literacy campaigns

⇨ 37.016 Curriculum

028.7

Use of reference works

Advice to readers. Suggestions for reading