Library Classification in Computer Age

Authors

  • P. Dhyani

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14429/djlit.19.3.3484

Keywords:

Classification, Computer technology, Canons of classification, Classification schemes

Abstract

Library Classification is constantly being influenced by multifaceted,multidimensional,and infinite growth of literature on one hand and the users needs on the other.Dewey pioneered in devising a scheme of classification for the documentation utility of the organised knowledge .Subsequent schemes of classification worked purely without any theoretical foundation , colon clasification being the expectation.With the emergence of computer technology the library classification is being metamorphised.This paper attempts to delve a state-of-the-art of library classification in the new computer age.

http://dx.doi.org/10.14429/dbit.19.3.3484

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Published

2003-01-01

How to Cite

Dhyani, P. (2003). Library Classification in Computer Age. DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology, 19(3). https://doi.org/10.14429/djlit.19.3.3484

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 3 (1999): Vol 19, No 3 (1999): Role of Classification and Cataloguing in the information Age

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Papers

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