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Library

Presented By

Maria Katrina B. Ocampo

Activities

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Collection Accessibility

Classification

Cataloging

Service to Users

Circulation Reference

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Why dewey

classify?

We classify in order

to organize materials

so that they can be

found quicklyand

easily.

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Dewey Decimal

Classification System (DDC)by Melvil Dewey

341 International law

342 Constitutional & admini

strative law

343 Military, tax, trade, ind

ustrial law344 Social, labor, welfare,

& related law

345 Criminal law

346 Private law

347 Civil

procedure & courts

348 Law (Statutes), regulations, cases

000 Computer science &

information

100 Philosophy and

psychology

200 Religion and

mythology300 Social Science

400 Language

500 Science and math

600 Technology

700 Arts and Recreation

800 Literature

900 History and

eo ra h

300 Social sciences, sociology

& anthropology

310 General statistics

320 Political science

330 Economics

340 Law350 Public administration

360 Social services;

association

370 Education

380 Commerce, communicatio

ns, transport390

10 Classes

(1st

digit)

10 Divisions

(2nd

digit)

10 Sections

(3rd

digit)

The more numbers, the more specific!

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Cutter Tableadopted by libraries to identify author number

Charles Cutter

1stletter of

authors

last name+

arabicnumerals

It is a decimalnota whole number.

Example: Sadron = .S23

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Library of Congress Classification SystemCombines the letters of the alphabet and arabic numerals

QA

76.76

Line 1: Defines the general subject class and subclass

(Mathematics)

Line 2: Classification number - defines a narrower subtopic within

the specified class

(Computer Science specifically about automation)

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Why do we need to

Catalog?

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Library Catalog

Book catalog Card Catalog

Online Catalog

Com-CatComputer Output Microform Catalog

CD-Rom Catalog

A dictionary catalog have all entries, including authors, titles,subjects in one general alphabetical sequence.

Author Catalog Title Catalog Subject Catalog

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Service to Users

Circulation Issuing and receiving books Maintaining borrowers

records Keeping records and

statistics Making studies of the use of

library materials Collecting fines

Formulating policies andprocedures

Reference Giving information and

answering factual questions

Answering complexreference questions Maintaining information

required Borrowing and lending

materials on interlibrary loan

Giving instruction on libraryuse and materials