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Cataloging/Metadata Creation (STI Management) Indexing (Subject Description) (STI Management) Standards (General) (Standards (Guidelines)) |
| Author: | Elizabeth Marsh, OCLC |
| Abstract: | Ms. Marsh provides a report from a presentation by Dr. McIlwaine, professor of library and information studies at the University of London at OCLC on October 26, 1999. Dr. Mcllwaine discussed the merits of the Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) system and noted that its prinicipal difference from Dewey (DDC) was its flexibility. However its greatest strength-flexibility is also its greatest weakness because it lacks uniformity across libraries. Although bibliographic classifications are the basis of the UDC and the DDC, information classification is not limited to these systems. Librarians are urged to examine many different systems when constructing retrieval tools. She urged all to make greater efforts to coordinate what we are doing with the work of specialists in order to create adequate retrieval tools for the information that is available to us. We must reach some common agreement on both the systematic arrangements of concepts and vocabulary control. This will in turn improve communication and facilitate universal access to information. |
| Publisher: | OCLC |
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| Date Published: | 1999-01 |
| Source: | OCLC Newsletter no. 237 |
| Resource Type: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
| Format: | HTML |
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| Indexer's Notes: | Updated Sep 22, 2006 |
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