Completely updating Immroth's A Guide to the Library of Congress Classification (Libraries Unlimited, 1990), Chan's work adheres to the purpose of previous editions--to provide readers with a basic understanding of the Library of Congress Classification system and its applications. After introducing the classification and giving a brief history of its development, the author presents readers with the general principles, structure, and format of the scheme. She then discusses and illustrates the use of tables. In an entire chapter that is new to this book, Chan provides a general discourse on assigning LC call numbers. Discussion of applications is continued with emphasis on individual classes and specific types of library materials. Appendixes include tables of general application and models for subarrangement of divisions and topics within disciplines. Throughout the book, examples appear, taken from recent Library of Congress Machine-Readable Cataloging (LC MARC) records. A bibliography lists selecte
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?Chan does an excellent job of organizing and explaining information compiled from disparate sources...In short, there is really no substitute for this significant and worthwhile text, either for cataloging students or for practitioners.?-Journal of Academic Librarianship
"Chan does an excellent job of organizing and explaining information compiled from disparate sources. ...In short, there is really no substitute for this significant and worthwhile text, either for cataloging students or for practitioners." - Journal of Academic Librarianship
"Should be in every library and every library school." - LRTS
"Chan does an excellent job of organizing and explaining information compiled from disparate sources. ...In short, there is really no substitute for this significant and worthwhile text, either for cataloging students or for practitioners." - Journal of Academic Librarianship
"Should be in every library and every library school." - LRTS
LOIS MAI CHAN is professor of library and information science at the University of Kentucky. She served as Chair of the Decimal Classification Editorial Policy Committee, has received ALA's Margaret Mann Citation, and was named a Distinguished Alumna by the Library School at Florida State University, Tallahassee.
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