Call Number Spending 2007-2008

Report from the Technical Services Department at the University of New England Libraries for 2007-2008, submitted in support of program review

Classification systems in medical libraries at University of Zagreb School of Medicine

Prikazom knjižničnih klasifikacija koje su se upotrebljavale u knjižnicama Medicinskog fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Središnjoj medicinskoj knjižnici i Knjižnici “Andrija Štampar”, daje se uvid u klasifikacijske sheme koje su najčešće primjenjivane pri klasifikaciji medicinske građe. Poseban naglasak stavljen je na NLM klasifikaciju (National Library of Medicine Classification) koju danas upotrebljava većina medicinskih knjižnica u Hrvatskoj i svijetu. Uz NLM klasifikaciju i klasifikaciju Kongresne knjižnice (Library of Congress Classification) usko je povezano i predmetno označivanje predmetnicama MeSH tezaurusa (Medical Subject Headings Thesaurus).The paper presents a review of library classification systems used at the University of Zagreb School of Medicine Central Medical Library and the Andrija Štampar Library, and gives an insight into the classification schemes most commonly used in classification of medical publications. Special emphasis is placed on the NLM (National Library of Medicine) classification system which is nowadays used by most medical libraries in Croatia and in the world. Also, we point out that subject indexing using the MeSH thesaurus is closely linked to NLM and LC (Library of Congress) classification systems