Let’s Learnsome about

Library Manegment

Zeeshan Ahmed Sheikh Librarian Sultan Mohamed Shah Aga Khan School

The Dewey Decimal System is a tool used

to sort books into

Dewey Decimal Classification System

groups or categories

Who created the Dewey Decimal Classification System?

Melvil Dewey was born on December 10, 1851

Melvil Dewey created the number order system for library books when he was 21 years old.

Melvil Dewey started the first school for librarians.

Ten Main Classifications in Dewey’s System

The world’s knowledge is divided into 10 categories or groups.

Each group has a main title and is represented by three numbers.

The Big Ten!

Generalities – 000

Philosophy – 100 Religion – 200 Social Science –

300 Language – 400

Science & Math – 500 Technology – 600 The Arts – 700 Literature – 800 Geography & History -

900

Brings order to the massive amount of world knowledge

You Can Judge A Book by Its Cover!

The Dewey Decimal Classification call number can be found on the spine label.

Why? When the book is

shelved, the Dewey Decimal Classification call number can be easily seen.

500Lee

200Bya

000Mea

Generalities - 000

Encyclopedias Computers Library Science News media Fact Books

Encyclopedias, References

Books that fit in this group have many different subjects in them. Like:

This is also where books on unexplained subjects would be found-like The Loch Ness Monster.

Philosophy - 100

Paranormal phenomena Psychology Logic

Man thinks

Books that fit in this group tell about how we think and feel.

Religion - 200

Quran History of Islam Other Religions

About Allah

Books in this group tell about different religions or stories from the Quran.

Social Science - 300

Law Education Folklore

About man’s neighbors, holidays and customs, government, military

Books in this group tell about how people live

together.

Fairy tales and folk tales are also placed in the

300s. Many were written to teach a lesson about behavior

and.. That’s social studies.

Language - 400

English Urdu Other Languages

Man talks with other men

Books in this group are about different languages or grammar. noun

verbadjective

Natural Science & Math - 500

MathematicsEarth sciencesPlantsAnimals Man discovers

all that is around him

Books in this group are about things from

nature.

Technology – 600

Medicine Agriculture Family living

Man makes useful things

This group has books that are about man-made things.

The Arts - 700

Drawing Music Recreational &

performing arts

Man makes beautiful things

This group has books that are about man-made things.

Literature - 800

American Literature Old English Literature Literatures of Other

LanguagesMan writes

Books in this group are stories, plays, or

poetry.This is the group fiction books were put in long ago when The Dewey Decimal System was first invented.

Today we have too many fiction books in our libraries to organize them in this way, so fiction books have their own way of being organized.You know, in ABC

order, by author !

Fiction Books

Books that are make-believe, imaginary, and not true.

Non-Fiction Books

Books that are true, factual, and real –life.

Nonfiction books contain

information about different subjects -- people, places, or things. They

describe true facts about the topic being written

about. All Nonfiction books

are factual.

Geography & History - 900

Geography Biographies Ancient History

Man writes about travel, people, and events

Books in this group tell about events of the past and countries of the world.

Biography- 92Don’t forget this group. It contains books about famous people’s lives.

Knowing these big groups will help make it easier to find the books you want in the nonfiction section.

Remember, nonfiction call numbers are placed in number order first, so that means all of the books about the same subject end up near each other on the shelf.

Reference Books

Encyclopedias Atlases Almanacs Dictionaries Year Book Indexes Hand Books Non Book Materials Directories

Periodicals

Newspapers Magazines Digest Year Books

Parts of a Book

What is a Book?

A book is pages, pictures, and wordsA book is animals, people, and birds;A book is stories of queens and kings,Poems, and songs - so many things!Curled in a corner where I can hide,

With a book I can journey far and wide.Though it's only paper from end to end,

A book is a very special friend.By Lora Dunetz

Spine The spine of a book holds it together. On the spine

you will find the title of the book, the author's name, the call number, and the name of the

publishing company. Title

This is the name of the book.

AuthorThis is the name of the person who wrote the book.

Call NumberThis number tells you where the book can be found

in the library.

Publishing CompanyThis is the company that makes the book after it

has been written and illustrated.

Title Page The title page is the first page in the

book.It tells you the title of the book, who

wrote it (the author) and who drew the pictures (the illustrator). It also tells you

who published the book. TitleThis is the name of the book.

AuthorThis is the person who wrote the book.

IllustratorThis is the person who drew the illustrations or

pictures.

Publishing CompanyThis is the company that makes the book after it has

been written and illustrated.

Cover

The cover of the book protects its pages.It also tells you the title of the book and the

name of the author.

TitleThis is the name of the book.

AuthorThis is the name of the person who wrote the book.

Call Number

The call number is a group of numbers or letters that tells you where to find the

book in the library.

It may have numbers or letters. It may even have both numbers and letters.

Example : The Book of Seashells by Allen Shore has a call number

597

Sh

(Section of the library or Class Number)

(Author’s last name Shore)

Call Number