Handbook of History, Theory and Practice of the Dewey Decimal Classification System

Professor M. P. Satija is an Emeritus fellow in the Department of Library & Information Science, Guru Nanak Dev University, India. In his long professional career he has written extensively on library classification systems, especially the Dewey Decimal Classification and the Colon Classification. He has authored textbooks on every edition of the DDC since the 19th (1979). He has collaborated with three successive editors of the DDC and his works have been translated in many European, and Asian languages. Dr Satija serves on the editorial boards of many international journals including the ISKO journal Knowledge Organization, and is a member of the UDC Consortium, The Hague.Alex Kyrios is the Senior Editor of the Dewey Decimal Classification at OCLC, based out of the Library of Congress in Washington, DC USA. He is responsible for overseeing the continuous updating and revision of the classification, and works with partners and volunteers around the world to do so. Previously, he was a cataloguer at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C. and the University of Idaho. He has an M.S. in library science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a B.A. in English from the College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia.

"This is a comprehensive guide that delves into the nuances and intricacies of the longstanding library classification scheme, the Dewey Decimal System (DDC). The authors’ extensive combined knowledge and experience in DDC permeate the book, rendering it a valuable resource for both novices and experienced library practitioners."

• Chapter 1: A Brief History of the Dewey Decimal Classification Chapter 2: Governance and Revision of the DDCChapter 3: Introduction to the TextChapter 4: Basic Plan and StructureChapter 5: Subject Analysis and Locating Class NumbersChapter 6: Tables and Rules for Precedence and Citation OrderChapter 7: Number BuildingChapter 8: Use of Table 1 Standard SubdivisionsChapter 9: Use of Table 2 Geographic Areas, Historical Periods, BiographyChapter 10: Use of Table 4 Subdivisions of Individual Languages, and Table 6 LanguagesChapter 11: Use of Table 3 Subdivisions for the Arts, for Individual Literatures, for Specific Literary FormsChapter 12: Use of Table 5 Ethnic and National GroupsChapter 13: Multiple Synthesis: Deeper Subject AnalysisChapter 14: Classification of General Statistics, Law, Geology, Geography, and HistoryChapter 15: Using the Relative IndexChapter 16: WebDeweyChapter 17: Options and Local AdaptationsChapter 18: Current Developments in the DDC and Future TrendsAppendix 1 A Broad Chronology of the DDC, 18511-–2022Appendix 2 History of Other Versions of the DDCAppendix 3 Table of DDC EditorsAppendix 4 Editors of the DDCAppendix 5 TakeawaysFurther resources