Guide to the Dewey Decimal Classification scheme

This library uses the Dewey Decimal Classification scheme (DDC) to arrange books and other library materials on the shelves for easy retrieval. It is used in many libraries and allows items about the same subject to be shelved together. This is a guide to the numbers used and what they represent

UNESCO Thesaurus to DDC Mappings : Third Summary – Thousand Sections [HILT Phase III]

This brief report explores the feasibility and cost of performing mappings between two knowledge organization systems (KOS) for the purposes of the High-level Thesaurus (HILT) project (phase III), which is exploring suitable architectures for machine-to-machine (M2M) terminology services. KOS-to-KOS mappings between the UNESCO Thesaurus and the ‘thousand sections’ of the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) are considered

Decolonizing Knowledge Organization Systems: Hawaiian Epistemology, Representation and Organization

Through examining controlled and natural language representation of Hawaiʻi, this research aims to contribute to an understanding of how Hawaiian epistemology may enrich Hawaiian cultural heritage representation in conventional knowledge organization systems

Pengaruh Pembelajaran Kooperatif Strategi Jigsaw Dan Motivasi Belajar Terhadap Hasil Belajar Fikih Materi Haji Di Kelas Viii Mts. Negeri Hamparan Perak

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui: (1) Hasil belajar siswa yang diajar dengan pembelajaran kooperatif strategi jigsaw dan hasil belajar siswa yang diajar dengan strategi pembelajaran ekspositori, (2) Hasil belajar siswa yang memiliki motivasi tinggi dan motivasi rendah yang diajar dengan pembelajaran kooperatif strategi jigsaw (3) Hasil belajar siswa yang memiliki motivasi tinggi dan motivasi rendah yang diajar dengan strategi pembelajaran ekspositori (4) Ada atau tidaknya interaksi antara pengaruh strategi pembelajaran dan motivasi terhadap hasil belajar siswa pada mata pelajaran fikih materi haji dan umrah. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif jenis penelitian quasi eksperimen dengan desain faktorial 2x2. Populasi penelitian adalah seluruh siswa kelas VIII MTs.Negeri Hamparan Perak Tahun Ajaran 2015/2016 yang terdiri dari 4 kelas dengan jumlah keseluruhan sebanyak 142 siswa. Kelas yang dijadikan sampel kelompok eksperimen adalah kelas VIII. A berjumlah 36 siswa dan kelas kontrol adalah kelas VIII.B berjumlah 36 siswa. Pemilihan sampel dilakukan dengan teknik cluster random sampling. Data dikumpulkan dengan tes hasil belajar dalam bentuk pilihan berganda dan angket untuk motivasi belajar. Data yang terkumpul diolah secara statistik dengan menggunakan teknik analisis varians (anava) dua jalur dengan mengunakan taraf signifikansi 0,05. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa: (1) Hasil belajar siswa yang diajar menggunakan pembelajaran strategi jigsaw mendaperoleh nilai tertinggi 95 dan rata-rata 79,86, sedangkan strategi pembelajaran ekspositori memperoleh nilai tertinggi 89 dan rata-rata 76,97. (2) Hasil belajar siswa yang diajar dengan menggunakan strategi jigsaw dan memiliki motivasi tinggi memperoleh nilai tertinggi 95 dan rata-rata 84,40, sedangkan yang memiliki motivasi rendah memperoleh nilai tertinggi 89 dan rata-rata 75,31, (3) Hasil belajar siswa yang diajar dengan menggunakan strategi ekspositori dan memiliki motivasi tinggi dengan motivasi rendah terdapat perbedaan. Hasil belajar siswa yang diajar dengan menggunakan strategi ekspositori dan memiliki motivasi tinggi memperoleh nilai rata-rata 75,58 dan motivasi rendah 76,37, (4) Terjadi interaksi antara strategi pembelajaran dengan motivasi belajar terhadap hasil belajar yang dibuktikan dengan perolehan nilai fh = 5,6 > ft = 3,98

Toward a Model of Intercultural Warrant: A Case of the Korean Decimal Classification\u27s Cross-cultural Adaptation of the Dewey Decimal Classification

I examined the Korean Decimal Classification (KDC)\u27s adaptation of the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) by comparing the two systems. This case manifests the sociocultural influences on KOSs in a cross-cultural context. I focused my analysis on the changes resulting from the meeting of the two cultures, answering the main research question: “How does KDC adapt DDC in terms of underlying sociocultural perspectives in a classificatory form?” I took a comparative approach and address the main research question in two phases. In Phase 1, quantities of class numbers were analyzed by edition and discipline. The main class with the most consistently high number of class numbers in DDC was the social sciences, while the main class with the most consistently high number of class numbers in KDC was technology. The two main classes are expected to differ in semantic contents or specificities. In Phase 2, patterns of adaptations were analyzed by examining the class numbers, captions, and hierarchical relations within the developed adaptation taxonomy. Implementing the taxonomy as a coding scheme brings two comparative features of classifications: 1) semantic contents determined by captions and quantity of subordinate numbers; and 2) structural arrangement determined by ranks, the broader category, presence and the order of subordinate numbers. Surveying proper forms of adaptation resulted in the development of an adaptation taxonomy that will serve as a framework to account for the conflicts between and harmonization of multiple social and cultural influences in knowledge structures. This study has ramifications in theoretical and empirical foundations for the development of “intercultural warrant” in KOSs

Technical Processing of University Library: A Theoretical Study

Technical services operations comprise of ordering, claiming and receipt of materials, cataloging and classification of materials; and serials control. Beside these, other technical services operations contain circulation, documents, foreign language and special collections, and bibliographic instruction in technical services areas. This leads me to believe that the distinction between technical services and public or reader services in individual libraries is based on custom and tradition arising out of incidental circumstances, rather than on fundamental principle. In this article, I tried to provide some basic aspect regarding technical processing which help in maintaining the library bitterly. In this article, I include basic aspect of acquisition, classification, cataloguing and information retrieval. Beside this I tried to focus on library management software which is most important for technical processing now a day

Physical verification as administrative and collection evaluation tool: A study ofInstitute of Agriculture Library; Visva-Bharati

This article is the result of an intensive stock verification of more than 50000 documents of an academic library(Institute of Agriculture; Visva-Bharati) established in 1957. The physical verification process includes physical noting of all accession number of books on and out of stack and use of LibSys software to generate reports. The paper highlights that physical verification of collection can help in identifying major areas of loss and thereby can help in framing administrative guideline for collection evaluation and management policy. The paper also urges for review of existing government rules regarding the loss of books and weed-out policy

The Scheme of Library Classifications: Concerning the Structural changes of 23rd Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC)

The Dewey decimal classification system is continuously revised to keep pace with knowledge. This means accommodating new topics, as well as revising the old one. Today the Dewey decimal classification has undergone 22 revisions to keep itself abreast of the ever advancing frontiers of knowledge and to cater the increasing demand of its users Edition 23. It is regularly (quarterly) to cope up with the pace of increasing universe of knowledge. This article has been made discussion about the modification revised version of 23 DDC edition and its features, updates and subscription information etc

Electronic Publishing in Higher Education: How to design OAI interfaces - Recommendations -

The Open Archives Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH) allows sharing metadata serving to describe arbitrary objects with others. In addition to a short overview of the protocol the paper on hand contains recommendations for the application of Sets by German data providers and for the proper usage of the metadata elements of Dublin Core (DC). Thereby the target is pursued to ensure an efficient metadata exchange between the different users of the OAI protocol