Manual of Library Classification and Shelf Arrangement

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by  Brown James Duff 1862-1914

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MANUAL
LIBRARY CLASSIFICATION
SHELF ARRANGEMENT
JAMES BROWN
D.
LIBRARIAN, CLERKENWELL PUBLIC LIBRARY, LONDON
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PREFACE
This work has been prepared to meet the requirements
of those who are engaged or interested in the study
of practical library methods. No English book on
this subject has been issued since Edwards dealt with
classifications generally in his Memoirs of Libraries,
published in 1859; and the literature of the subject
consists of little more than papers on single schemes.
Classification has never been a strong point in British
libraries, and this has arisen partly from apathy on
the part of librarians, but also from the difficulty
of obtaining information about American and foreign
schemes which have been successfully applied to
libraries. Leaving out of view Petzholdt's list of
classifications contained in his Bihliotheca Biblio-
graphica (1866), I have been unable to find that
any single work devoted entirely to a systematic
examination of schemes has ever been issued in any
country. This little book has been prepared, accord-
ingly, to fill a well-defined space in library literature
and however inadequate or slight the attempt may
be, it is earnestly hoped that it will in some measure
help to stimulate interest in the subject ofclassification.
4 Preface
The "Adjustable Classification" has been prepared
for the use of municipal public libraries chiefly; but
it can be adapted to almost any variety of general
library, provided arrangements are made for sub-
divisions. Two thousand two hundred and fifty divi-
sions are provided, excluding general heads, while
provision is made for four thousand five hundred
divisions by means of blanks. Each of these divisions
is capable of infinite sub-division. For most ordinary
purposes the divisions printed will meet every need.
Suggestions and corrections will be gladly received
from any one interested in the subject.
JAMES BROWN.
D.
Clerkenwell Public Library, London.
January, 1898.
CONTENTS
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PAGE
Preface
. 3
Index to Manual of Classification
7
.11
Chapter General Considerations
I. . .
,, II. The Classification of Knowledge . . 27
„ III. Schemes for the Classification of Books
AND Catalogues
39
„ IV. Schemes for the Classification of Books
conjoined with Shelf Notations 62
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,, V. Classified Libraries and Catalogues. . 83
„ VI. Adjustable Classification Scheme . . 97
Tables of Adjustable Classification 105
Alphabetical Subject Index . . 133