Signature (documentation)

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Signature on the spine of a book, Württemberg State Library in Stuttgart
Signature in the cover of the book in barcode form

Signatures in the context of documentation are used to identify items in a library collection . They are assigned when cataloging .

signature

A signature usually consists of the notation , which represents the systematic classification in the subject, and a number for the individual books of the applicable notation. Multiple copies of the same book are identified by their own copy display in the title of the book.

The systems for creating a signature may vary from library to library. The structure of the signature depends on the type of installation and classification used in the respective institution .

If the signature is used to determine the location of media within the open access holdings of his library, it is referred to as a location signature . Signatures must be clearly sortable. However, this does not necessarily mean the clear identification of a specific media copy. A media number is assigned in addition to the signature. "The media number is glued into the media in machine-readable form on labels; barcodes, QR codes or RFID transponders are mostly used."

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gantert: Basic library knowledge Walter de Gruyter, 2016, p. 254.

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