Dewey Decimal Classification System Classification of Library Books

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SEQUENCE
 Introduction
 History of DDC
 Division/ Volume of DDC
 How does it work?
 Conclusion

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DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
(DDC)
By AWO Irfan

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INTRODUCTION
● The 1st edition of DDC-devised by Melvil Dewey
came in 1876.

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INTRODUCTION
●The first edition was consisted of 42 pages
containing;
- 12 pages of preparatory matter,
- 12 pages of tables, and
- 18 pages of index
● It contained nearly 1000 classes.

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HISTORY OF DDC
● DDC was conceived by an American librarian Melvil
Dewey (1851-1931) in 1873.
● It was first published in 1876.
● It is most widely used classification system in the
world.
● Translated into over thirty languages.
● Its greatest strength is that system is developed
and maintained in a national bibliographic agency,
the library of congress.

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Full
Edition
Pub
year
Abridged
Edition
Pub
year
1st 1876
2nd 1885
3rd 1888
4th 1891
5th 1894 1st 1895
6th 1899
7th 1911
8th 1913 2nd 1915
9th 1915
10th 1919
11th 1922 3rd 1926
12th 1927 4th 1929
Full
Edition
Pub
year
Abridged
Edition
Pub year
13th 1932 5th 1936
14th 1942 6th 1945
15th 1951 7th 1953
16th 1958 8th 1959
17th 1965 9th 1965
18th 1971 10th 1971
19th 1979 11th 1979
20th 1989 12th 1990
21st 1996 13th 1997
22nd 2003 14th 2004
23rd 2011 15th 2012

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DIVISION/ VOLUMES OF DDC
● Volume 1 : Tables and manual.
● Volume 2 : summaries and Schedules ( 000-500).
● Volume 3 : Schedules (600-900).
● Volume 4 : Relative Index.

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HOW DOES IT WORK?
DDC has been divided into the following classification.
● The ten main classes
● Hundred divisions
● Thousand sections

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CONCLUSION

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