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The Politics of Sources Meets the Practices of the Librarian: An Interview with Esther Chen. [PDF]

open access: yesBer Wiss, 2022
Abstract [I] want to single out one phenomenon that could be called the ‘politics of sources’. It points to the extent to which the histories that both scientists and historians can write are artifacts of the available sources. The Rockefeller Foundation not only opened its archives very early on for historical work but also invested a lot in making ...
Chen E, Keuck L, Nickelsen K.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Obtaining the Dewey Decimal Classification Number from other databases: a catalog clean-up project

open access: greenJLIS.it, 2013
The increasing availability of online catalogs and bibliographical databases allows not only for copy cataloging, but also for the retrieval of atomic information useful within the catalog.
Stefano Bargioni   +3 more
doaj   +11 more sources

Book review: Satija, M.P. and Kyrios, Alex. A handbook of history, theory and practice of the Dewey Decimal Classification system

open access: diamondInformation Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2023
Satija, M.P. and Kyrios, Alex. A handbook of history, theory and practice of the Dewey Decimal Classification system. London: Facet Publishing, 2023. xx, 244 p.
Elena Maceviciute
doaj   +5 more sources

Hijacking a rapid and scalable metagenomic method reveals subgenome dynamics and evolution in polyploid plants. [PDF]

open access: yesAppl Plant Sci
Abstract Premise The genomes of polyploid plants archive the evolutionary events leading to their present forms. However, plant polyploid genomes present numerous hurdles to the genome comparison algorithms for classification of polyploid types and exploring genome dynamics.
Reynolds G   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

LSTM Network and OCR Performance for Classification of Decimal Dewey Classification Code

open access: diamondRecord and Library Journal, 2020
Background of the study: Giving book code by a librarian in accordance with the Decimal Dewey Classification system aims to facilitate the search for books on the shelf precisely and quickly.
Yesy Diah Rosita   +1 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Archival Discipline in Dewey Decimal Classification

open access: yesJLIS.it, 2017
This paper regards the ways archival discipline is treated in DDC. After a short introduction about the discipline in Italy, the essay focuses on the analysis of division 020 of DDC 23, with specific attention to section 025 and with punctual reference ...
Laura Manzoni   +4 more
doaj   +9 more sources

The evolution of DCC auxiliary tables: history, usage and development of an essential collaborative tool to classify library resources

open access: yesJLIS.it, 2017
The essay shows the historical evolution of the profile of the Dewey Decimal Classification’s auxiliary tables. Essential to express the specificity and completeness of classified concepts, the auxiliary tables expanded and specialized over time to ...
Sara Chiacchiaro
doaj   +9 more sources

A Subject Analysis of Pentecostalism in the Dewey Decimal Classification System

open access: yesBiblioteka, 2017
Suggestions for classifying works on the subject of Pentecostalism in the most recent edition of the Dewey Decimal Classification System reveal a number of existing definitional and historical errors that could cause confusion for cataloguers as well as ...
Adam Stewart
doaj   +1 more source

Observing Optional Number in DDC Edition 23

open access: yesRecord and Library Journal, 2018
Dewey Decimal Classification is a most popular classification system in the world because of its completeness and most up-to-date. There are many optional number in this classification system, although it rarely to be discussed even it is important to ...
Rotmianto Mohamad
doaj   +1 more source

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