chapter 3- the library group members: catina 9610001a naima 9610005a lydia 9610025a
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Chapter 3- The Library
Group members:
Catina 9610001ANaima 9610005ALydia 9610025A
3a Layout of the library
• Past-card catalogs • Modern-Internet, computer,
photocopy machine…etc.
• Layout of the library may have changed, library etiquette has not.
3a-1 Computer• A search of the card catalog only
takes milliseconds.
• Remote access
What are PACs and OPACs?• PACs( Public-access catalogs)• OPACs( Online Public-access catalogs)- 1. information 2. call number 3. availability 4. location• Consortium of libraries
3a-2 Online full-text databases
• Most useful databases offer the full text of an article
• Databases can be searched online->free
• Some databases only provide abstracts
3a-3 Microform indexes• Single sheet of film (microfiche)
• A roll of film (microfilm)
3a-4 Stacks
3a-5 Reference room or shelf
3a-6 Main desk& 3a-7 Reserve desk
3a-8 Audiovisual room
3a-9 Microform room
3a-10 Newspaper racks
3a-11 Computer room
3a-12 Carrels
3b Organization of the library collections
• Two majors classification system:
• The Dewey Decimal System
• The Library of Congress Classification System
3b-1 The Dewey Decimal System
• Fiction is marked with the letter F
• Biography is marked with letter B
• Advantage: accommodate the rapid proliferation of books
3b-2 The Cutter-Sanborn Author Marks
• Usually combine with the Dewey Decimal System
• For example: Graf 231 Gari 232 Garl 233 Double Taxation: A Treatise on the Subje
ct of Double Taxation Relief by Charles Edward Garland.
G233d
For example Graf 231 Gari 232 Garl 233
Double Taxation: A Treatise on the Subject of Double Taxation Relief by Charles Edward Garland.
Book mark: G233d
Steps1. The combination of letters that closet
to the author’s surname.2. Places the first letter of the author’s
surname before the number.3. Places the first letter or letters of the
first important word in the title after the number.
3b-3 The Library of Congress Classification System
• Founded in 1800, by the library of congress
• The system represents the main branches of knowledge with 21 letters (without I,O,W,X,Y) of the alphabet.
• Addition of letters and Arabic numerals up to 9,999.
A - General Works B - Philosophy, Psychology, Religion C - Auxiliary Sciences of History D - History: General and Old WorldE ~F - History of AmericaG - Geography, Anthropology, Recreation H - Social Sciences J - Political Science K - Law L - Education …….Z - Bibliography, Library Science
L - EducationLA - History of education LB - Theory and practice of education…….
LCSH• Library of Congress Subject Headings ( 國會圖書館標題表 )
→Arranged by topic
3b-4 Classification of periodicals
• Current issues
Back issues:1.Bound in books2.Reproduced on microfilm
3b-5 Classification of nonbooks
• Films, microfilms, recording….
• No hard-and-fast rule for classifying this material.
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