Library Classification & Cataloguing Schemes/Standards



S. No.
Classification Scheme
Year
Author
Types of Scheme
1
Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC)
1876
Melvil Dewey
Almost Enumerative
2
Expansive Classification (EC)
1891
C. A. Cutter

3
Library of Congress Classification (LC)
1904
Library of Congress (James C.M. Hanson and Charles Martel)
Fully or Purely Enumerative
4
Universal Decimal Classification (UDC)
1905
FID (Paul Otlet & Henry La Fontaine)
Almost-Faceted Scheme
5
Subject Classification (SC)
1906
J. D. Brown
Almost Enumerative
6
Colon Classification (CC)
1933
S. R. Ranganathan
Ed.1 (1933), Ed.2 (1939) Ed.3 (1950) Rigidly faceted

Ed.4 (1952),  Ed.5 (1957) Ed.6 (1960) Almost freely faceted

Ed.7 (1987) – Fully Freely Faceted
7
Bibliographic Classification (BC)
1935
HE Bliss
Almost Faceted (Ed.1)

Freely Faceted (Ed.2; revised by J. Mills)
8
Library Bibliographical Classification (LBC/ BBK (Abbrev. in Russian)
1959
Lenin State Library Moscow (Editor: O.P. Teslenko)
Semi Faceted scheme
9
Rider’s International Classification (RIC)
1961
F. Rider
Fully or Purely Enumerative
10
Broad System of Ordering (BSO)
1978
FID/UNESCO (Eric J. Coates)
Faceted scheme


S. No.
Cataloguing Schemes & Standards
Year
Author
1
British Museum Code/Panizzi’s 91 Rules for Compilation of the Catalogue
1841
Sir Anthony Panizzi
2
Jewett’s Code/ 39 Rules
1852
Charles C. Jewett
3
Rules for a Dictionary Catalogue (RDC)
1876
Charles Ammi Cutter
4
Anglo-American Code (A A Code)
1908
American Library Association (ALA) and Library Association (LA), UK
5
Vatican Code
1927 (1931 Ed.1)
Vatican Library
6
Classified Catalogue Code (CCC)
1934 (Ed.1)
1945 (Ed.2)
1951 (Ed.3)
1958 (Ed.4)
1964 (Ed.5)
S. R. Ranganathan
7
ALA Cataloguing Rules for Author and Title Entries
1949
American Library Association (ALA)
8
Machine Readable Cataloguing (MARC) Format
1966
Library of Congress (Henriette Avram)
9
Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules-I
(AACR-I)
1967
American Library Association (ALA), Library Association (LA) and Canadian Library Association (CLA)
10
International Standard Bibliographic Description (ISBD)
1974
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
11
Universal MARC Format (UNIMARC)
1977
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
9
Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules-II
(AACR-II)
1978
American Library Association (ALA), Library Association (LA) and Canadian Library Association (CLA)
10
Common Communication Format (CCF)
1984
United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
11
Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, 2nd Revised Edition (AACR-2R)

1988
American Library Association (ALA), Library Association (LA) and Canadian Library Association (CLA)
12
Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR)
1998
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)

MARC 21
1999
Library of Congress
13
Functional Requirement for Authority Data (FRAD)
2009
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
14
Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Data (FRSAD)
2010
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
15
Resource Description and Access (RDA)
2010
RDA Steering Committee (formerly the Joint Steering Committee for Development of RDA)

Self-Check Exercises


1. Which among the following comes under fully enumerative scheme of classification?




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Answer: (D) Library of Congress Classification



2. Anglo-American Code (AA Code) was published in the year __.




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Answer: (C) 1908



3. Which among the followings are Almost Enumerative Schemes of Classification? (a) DDC (b) Subject Classification (c) UDC (d) Rider's International Classification




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Answer: (A)



4. FRSAD stands for __.




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Answer: (B) Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Data




5. Current maintaining agency for MARC 21 is __.




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Answer: (B) Library of Congress



6. Which among the following is Almost Faceted Scheme of Classification?




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Answer: (B) UDC



7. 'Broad System of Ordering (BSO)' was developed by __.




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Answer: (B) FID/UNESCO



8. Who among the following was associated with the development of Library of Congress (LC) Classification?




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Answer: (A) James C.M. Hanson and Charles Martel



9. Universal MARC (UNIMARC) Format was first published in __.




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Answer: (B) 1977



10. 'Rider's International Classification' is a __.




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Answer: (D) Fully Enumerative Scheme

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