Library Cataloging
Judaica Cataloging & Classification
The Web page for
A Classification System for Libraries of Judaica has some other interesting items. It also includes:
The Making of A Classification Scheme for Libraries of Judaica by David Elazar IFLA Council and General Conference 2000 (Jerusalem, Israel) Library History Workshop Aug. 17, 2000
Catherine Buck Morgan's paper (full text) Cultural and Religious Problems in Dewey Decimal Classification
Holocaust Expansion - devised by Carylyn Gwyn Moser
Technicalities article - Nov/Dec 1998 by David Elazar
Judaica Classification Schemes - Fall 1983 by Bella Hass Weinberg
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Sharing Classification
Slavic, Aida and Cordeiro, Maria Ines (2005) Sharing and re-use of classification systems: the need for a common data model. Signum 37(8):pp. 19-24.Classifications can help to overcome difficulties in information retrieval of heterogeneous and multilingual...
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Genealogy Classification Scheme
Over on AUTOCAT there is a lively discussion of cataloging genealogy materials. Good topic for some research and a paper. One post mentioned a classification scheme for these materials I'd not encountered before, the Grigg Genealogical Classification...
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025.431: The Dewey Blog
025.431: The Dewey blog is a weblog covering topics related to the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) and knowledge organization (KO). You' ll find news of, and views on, current issues; links to interesting, amusing, and/or unusual DDC/KO-related...
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Dewey
Recent classification tips at the Dewey Web site provides some help on proper use of the classification schedules. As their name suggests, classification tips provide classification suggestions of interest to many libraries. Some recent tips include:Microsoft...
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Classification
Still on the classification topic. There has been some discussion on a list of what classification schemes are used in Europe. As I remember Dewey and the Universial Decimal Classification (UDC) are the most common. The Bliss Classification is used in...
Library Cataloging