Library of Congress Classification LCC

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Library of Congress Classification (LCC)

• LIS 532. Week 5, Feb. 4/09

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Library of Congress Classification System

• Originally developed by Herbert Putnam with the
  advice of Charles Ammi Cutter in 1897
• It was influenced by Cutter Expansive
  Classification and DDC, designed for the use by
  the Library of Congress

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Library of Congress Classification

• Highly enumerative
• Literary warrant
• Mixed notation (Letters and numbers)
• Revised continuously
• 21 Classes developed by subject specialists
• More detailed treatment of subjects

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Library of Congress Classification

• The 21 categories (labeled A to Z, but missing I,
  O, W, X and Y) are further divided by adding one
  or two additional letters and/or a set of numbers
  
• The letters identify the subject of the work
• This system is in use at the Library of Congress
  and at many academic and research libraries

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TABLE 13-2 LCC Main Classes as Published A
General works B Philosophy, Psychology,
Religion 4 volumes B-Bj BL, BM, BP, BQ
BR-BV BX C Auxiliary sciences of history D
History General and Old World 4 volumes D-DJ
DJK-DK DS DT- DX E-F History
America G Geography, Maps, Anthropology,
Recreation H Social sciences J Political
science K Law 8 volumes K KD KDZ, KGKH KE
KF KJ-KKZ KJV-KJW KK-KKC L Education
M Music and books on music N Fine
arts P Language and Literature 13 volumes
P-PZ (Tables) P-PA PA (Supplement) PB-PH
PG PJ-PK PL-PM P-PM (Supplement) PN, PR,
PS, PZ PQ pt 1 Q pt2 PT pt 1 PT pt
2 Q Science R Medicine S Agriculture T
Technology U Military science V Naval
science Z Bibliography and Library science
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Class K

• Subclass K Law in general.
• Subclass KB Religious law in general
• Subclass KBM Jewish law
• Subclass KBP Islamic law
• Subclass KDZ America. North America
• Subclass KE Canada
• Subclass KF United States

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Each schedule may have

• Preface
• Synopsis of subclasses
• Outline of the major divisions within subclasses
• Main schedule
• Tables
• Index
• Additions and changes

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Synopsis CLASS B PHILOSOPHY. PSYCHOLOGY.
RELIGION
B Philosophy (General) BC Logic BD Speculative
philosophy BF Psychology BH Aesthetics BJ Ethics
BL Religions. Mythology. Rationalism BM
Judaism BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc. BQ
Buddhism BR Christianity BS The Bible BT
Doctrinal Theology BV Practical Theology BX
Christian Denominations
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Subclasses in LCC

• Each of the main classes, with the exception
  of E, F, Z, is divided into subclasses that
  represent disciplines or major branches of the
  main class.
• Q Science
• QA Mathematics
• QB Astronomy
• QC Physics
• QD Chemistry
• QE Geology
• QH Natural history
• QK Botany

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Divisions within subclasses

• Divisions within subclasses are represented by
  Arabic numerals from 1 to 9999, with possible
  decimal extensions and/or further subdivisions
  indicated by Cutter numbers.

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LCC Hierarchy

• QD Chemistry
• 23.3-26.5 Alchemy
• 71-142 Analytical chemistry
• 146-197 Inorganic chemistry
• 241-441 Organic Chemistry
• 450-731 Physical and theoretical
  chemistry
• 901-999 Crystallography

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HD ECONOMIC HISTORY AND
CONDITIONS HD
Production Organization of
production. Management. Industrial m
anagement -Continued 58.4 Management
committees Cf. HD6972, Labor-management
committees 58.5 Matrix organization Cf
. HD69.P75, Project management 58.6
Negotiation. Negotiation in business 58.7
Organizational behavior. Corporate
culture Cf. HD6951 , Industrial
sociology Cf. HF5548.7 , Industrial
psychology 58.8 Organizational change and
development. Corporate turnarounds 58.82
Organizational learning 58.85
Downsizing 58.87 Reengineering Org
anizational effectiveness 58.9 General
works 58.95 Management audit Personnel
management, see HF5549 Public relations.
Industrial publicity Including public
relations firms Cf. HD2744, Investor
relations Cf. HM263, Social psychology
59 General works 59.2 Corporate
image 59.3 Advocacy advertising 59.35
Corporate sponsorship 59.5 Issues
management 59.6.A-Z By region or country,
A.Z Social responsibilities. Corporate and
social policies Cf. HG4028.C6,
Corporate contributions to charities 60
General works 60.5.A-Z By region or
country, A.Z Under each
country .x General
works .x2A -Z Local, A -Z Quality
control, see TS156 60.7 Revenue
management 61 Risk in industry. Risk
management Cf. HB615, Risk and risk
bearing Economic theory) Cf.
HG8059, Business insurance 61.5 Security
measures 62 Simplification.
Standardization. Waste Cf. T59 ,
Technology 62.15 Total quality management.
Benchmarking Management of special
enterprises Cf. HG4027.5, Financial
management 62.2 Branch management
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HD ECONOMIC HISTORY AND
CONDITIONS HD
Labor. Work. Working class Labor
market. Labor supply and demand Occupationa
l training and retraining By region or
country United States --Continued 5715.3.
A-Z By region or state, A-Z 5715.4.A-Z
By city, A-Z 5715.5.A-Z Other regions
or countries, A-Z Apply table at
HD60.5.A-Z 5716.A-Z By industry or trade,
A-Z For a list of industries and trades
see HD8039 Apply table at
HD4966.A-Z Labor and occupational
mobility Cf. HB1951 , Population
geography Cf. HB2581 , Professions
(Demography) Cf. HF5549.5. T8, Employee
turnover (Personnel
management) 5717 General
works Commuting 5717.2 General
works By region or country, see
HD5717.5.A 5717.5.A-Z By region or country,
A-Z Apply table at HD60.5.A-Z 5718.A-Z
By industry or trade, A-Z For
agricultural laborers, see HD1521 For
list of industries and trades, see HD8039.A
Apply table at HD4966.A-Z
5721-5851 By region or country (Table H5
modified) Including works on the
unemployed Add country number in table to
HD5720 For United States use HD5723,
Periodicals. Societies. Serials HD5724, General
works HD5725, By region or state, A-Z HD5726, By
city, A-Z For Canada use HD5727, Periodicals.
Societies. Serials HD5728, General works HD5729,
By province, A-Z Under each local numbers used
under countries only) 4 nos. 1
Periodical.\". Societies. Serials 3
General works 4.A -Z Local, A -Z 1
no. .Al-.A5 Periodicals. Societies. Serials .A6
General works .A7-.Z Local, A-Z 5852
Developing countries Temporary
employment Including day
laborers Cf. HD5110 , Part-time work
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Cutter numbers

• LCC Cutter numbers
• further extend classification number (topical
  Cutter)
• create item/book number (main entry Cutter)

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Cutter number example

• Sports great magic Johnson/ James Haskins. 1989
• GV The double letters for recreation and
  leisure
• 884 The Arabic number meaning a biography
  associated with basketball
• .J63 The first Cutter number for Johnson
• H38 The second Cutter number for Haskins
• 1989 The date of publication

GV 884 .J63 H38 1989
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Examples

• Sadron .S23
• Quade .Q33
• Campbell .C36

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PQ FRENCH LITERATURE PQ
Modern French literature Individual
authors 19th century Zola, Emile,
1840-1902 Separate works Criti
cism and interpretation -Continued 2543
Language, style, etc. 2544
Dictionaries, Concordances 2545
Grammar 2547 Versification 2548
Dialect, etc. 2551.Z5 Zorelli,
Sylvia 2600-2651 1900-1960 Subarrange
by Table XL, unless otherwise specified I
ncluding usually authors beginning to publish
about 1890, flourishing after 1900.
The author number is determined by the
second letter of the name 2600 Anonymous
works (XXVIII) 601 A .C4 Acker,
Paul, 1874-1915 .G7 Agraives, Jean
d' .J3 Ajalbert, Jean, 1863- Ajar
, Emile, see PQ2613.58 Alain-Fournier,
see PQ2611.085 Alanic, Mathilde, 1864-
Modern French literature Individual
authors 1900-1960 2605 C
-Continued .L4 Clemenceau, Georges Eugene
Benjamin, 1841-1929 .L42 Clement, Colette
Grunbaum .O15 Cocteau, Jean, 1891- .O28
Colette, Sidonie Gabrielle, 1873- Coli
ne, Constance, 1898- , PQ2605.L42 .O35
Colomb, Georges, 1856-1945 .O475
Constantin-Weyer, Maurice, 1881- .O5
Coolus, Romain, 1868- .O55 Coquiot,
Gustave, 1865-1926 .O6 Corday, Michel,
1870- Corthis, Andre,
PQ2623.E364 Coulevain, Pierre de,
PQ2611.A9 .O76 Coulomb, Jeanne de,
1864- .O7677 Courteline, Georges
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Display of the notation

• B BJ BJ
  
• 162 466 455
  
• .6 .S7
  B3S6
• .S6 1986 1986
  
• 1987 Copy 2 vol.3
  
• 
  Copy 2

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050 -LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Indicators First- Existence in LC collection
-No information provided 0 -Item is in LC 1 -Item
is not in LC Second -Source of call number 0
-Assigned by LC 4 -Assigned by agency other than
LC Sub field Codes a -Classification number
(R) b -Item number (NR) 055 -CALL NUMBERS/CLASS
NUMBERS ASSIGNED IN CANADA Indicators First-
Existence in LAC collection -Information not
provided 0 -Work held by LAC 1 -Work not held by
LAC Second -Type, completeness, source of
class/call number 1 -Complete LC class number
assigned by LAC 4 -Complete LC class number
assigned by the contributing library Sub field
Codes a -Classification number (NR) b -Item
number (NR)
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LCC number MARC code

• 050 00 a ZA4226 b H63 2001

Number assigned by LC
Classification number
Item number
Item is in LC
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Canadian options for LCC

• Class FC Canadian History from LAC
• http//www.nlc-bnc.ca/obj/p11/f2/01-e.pdf
• Class PS 8000 Canadian Literature in English
  (Class PS 9000 in French) from LAC

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1st Group Project Report

• Each group will hand in one report
• Length of each report between 8 to 10 pages
• Formatting of written assignments numbered
  pages, 12 pt., Times New Roman font, double
  spacing, 1 inch margins

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Subject treatment assignment

• In the evaluation process you may consider the
  following questions
• How extensive or limited has the subject area
  been treated?
• How rich are semantic relationships between and
  among subjects and terms?
• Have all aspects of the subject been treated
  equally or some aspects have received more
  attention than others?
• How up to date is the vocabulary?
• For DDC and LCC only
• How is easy to use and useful are the indexes
  and/or search tools of the two classification
  schemes? (is the electronic version better or the
  print one)
• How well the subject area has been hierarchically
  located within classification schemes?