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COLON CLASSIFICATION THEORY- Part 1 Rules, Chapter- 03| #ignou #lpu VIDEO CONTENT 1. Introduction to CC 2. Tables of part 1 3. Chapter 03 BOOK NUMBER Books of different subjects will have different class numbers. We need some method to distinguish all the books having the same class number so that these books can be arranged in some order and finds their unique place on the shelf. Books of the same class can be arranged according to book number. According to Dr. S R Ranganathan “, the book number of a book is a symbol used to fix its position relative to the other books having the same ultimate class”. So, different books on the same subject will have the same class number but different book numbers. COLON CLASSIFICATION Colon classification (CC) is a library catalogue system developed by Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan. It was an early faceted (or analytico-synthetic) classification system. The first edition of colon classification was published in 1933, followed by six more editions. It is especially used in libraries in India. Classification Number is a number (numbers or a combination of letters and numbers) that represents the subject or form of an item being cataloged, selected from a classification schedule or classification system. Classification Number is also called class number or class mark. It is the first part of a call number which is used to classify library resources by subject area. In a Relative location, Classification Number also shows the place of the item on the shelves and in relation to other subjects. It translates the name of its specific subject into the artificial language of the notation of the scheme of classification. The use of classification number enables library users to browse on shelves to find its materials and also additional items on the same or related subjects, and, to find out what documents the library has on a certain subject. Library Classification or Classification or Book Classification or Bibliographic Classification is the process of arranging, grouping, coding, and organizing books and other library materials (e.g. serials, sound recordings, moving images, cartographic materials, manuscripts, computer files, e-resources etc.) on shelves or entries of a catalog, bibliography, and index according to their subject in a systematic, logical, and helpful order by way of assigning them call numbers using a library classification system, so that users can find them as quickly and easily as possible. The call number serves a dual purpose: it determines the place of a book on the shelf and colocates books on the same topic next to each other. Janis L. Young and Daniel N. Joudrey¹ describe Library Classification as below: What is Classification? The use of a system of notations or symbols to categorize the contents of resources Used to provide logical shelf arrangement (i.e., call numbers), but also can be useful in searching the catalog Organized by disciplines, they begin with broad general topics which give way to more specific subtopics According to Joudrey, Taylor & Miller, classification is “the placing of subjects into categories.” It is the process of determining where a resource fits within the classification’s structure, and then assigning the notation that most closely approximates the aboutness of the resource. Classification is more than finding the right notation or category; it is about relationships. It provides a logical arrangement of topics and subtopics from the general to the specific that can be translated into a linear arrangement for materials in a library. Classification traditionally provides formal, orderly access to the shelves, but it is also a mechanism by which to collocate materials in the catalog. It’s what makes browsing possible. What is a call number? The call number of an item acts like a house's street address. It is a unique identifier that locates the item sequentially within a larger group of similar objects (much like the other houses on a block usually have a similar design, shape, size, etc). Most books in the library are organized using the Library of Congress Classification system. CDs, DVDs, and other items use a local classification system. Many government documents use the Superintendent of Documents Classification System. A number of items, notably art materials, some scores, and some other old materials continue to use the Dewey Decimal System When you find an item in the catalog you want to use, you must make a note of the call number and either look for the item on a shelf or, if the item is located within closed stacks, request the item, either from a staff person at a desk, or using a remote-storage request form. In both latter cases you will need to provide us with the number.