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

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

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

Checking Out or Checking Into Reading? The Borrowing Habits of Elementary School Children In Relation to Gender, Age, and Reading Ability

Research regarding the reading preferences of children often focuses on the differences between boys and girls, but rarely looks at reading ability as a factor. The purpose of this study is to address the connection between children's reading preferences and reading ability. By looking at the school library circulation records of 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade students, this study examines relationships between gender, age, reading ability, and the reading preference of elementary school children. Quantitative data was collected from circulation records in order to find trends related to Fiction or Non-Fiction reading choice based on a student's reading ability, age, and gender. Fiction and Non-Fiction are determined based on call numbers of books checked-out; specifically, those titles that are picture or chapter books are considered Fiction, whereas those labeled with Dewey Decimal coding are considered Non- Fiction. Reading ability--in terms of reading level scores (II, III, or IV)--is determined by the North Carolina End-of-Grade Test in Reading. The hope is that the results of this study may contribute to further research and discussion addressing the relatively poor literacy performance of boys compared to girls both in school and on standardized achievement tests

Building library skills in the seventh grade

Thesis (M.A.)--Boston University, 1948. This item was digitized by the Internet Archive