Library classification

A library classification is a classification used in libraries to organize library holdings . As a rule, these are general classifications that are not restricted to a subject area, and classification systems according to which the physical inventory is drawn up.

Usual library classifications

Classifications for public libraries :

• General system for public libraries (ASB)
• Classification for general libraries (KAB)
• Systematics for Libraries (SfB)
• Systematics of the Duisburg City Library (SSD)
• Austrian system for public libraries (ÖSÖB)
• Non-fiction system for Catholic public libraries, extended version (SKB-E)
• Systematics for Protestant Libraries (SEB)
• Standard system for South Tyrolean libraries (ESSB)

General classifications for academic libraries :

• Regensburg Association Classification (RVK)
• Systematic listing of the university libraries of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (GHB)
• TUM systematics scientific and technical systematics of the Technical University of Munich
• Basic classification (BK)
• Decimal classification :
  • Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC)
  • Universal decimal classification (UDK)
• Library of Congress Classification (LCC)
• Librarian-Bibliographical Classification (BBK)
• Bremen systematics of the State and University Library Bremen
• Göttingen Online Classification (GOK)
• Chinese library classification

See also:

• Library rules
• Authority file

literature

• Konrad Umlauf : Introduction to library classification theory and practice . Berlin handouts for library and information science, Berlin 1999, (status 2006), HTML document