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Organizing holdings & providing library services

• To provide high quality information services, librarians and information specialists should organize library holdings properly.

• Following are the main appropriate organizing methods for libraries.

CatalogingCataloging

• Cataloging is one of the processes made in the library to organize its holdings, to make them easy to find.

• There are two types of cataloging: Descriptive cataloging: (which

describes the physical features of the book) Subject cataloging : (which

assigns the main subject covered in the book )

• Cataloging is one of the processes made in the library to organize its holdings, to make them easy to find.

• There are two types of cataloging: Descriptive cataloging: (which

describes the physical features of the book) Subject cataloging : (which

assigns the main subject covered in the book )

Library CatalogIt is the result of both, descriptive and subject cataloging ,in addition to classification as well.

This catalog : is a list of the contents of a library or a group of libraries, arranged according to any of various systems(Author, title, subject ,date of publication, classification number, or all of them together)

The job of this catalog is to provide a guide to library contents.

The card catalogThe card catalog

Types of card catalogsTypes of card catalogs

http://www.websters-online-dictionary.com/clipart.asp?q=Library%20catalog&w=c

Call number

A call numberis a group of numbers and/or letters

put together to tell youwhere in the libraryto find your book.

A call number is locatedat the bottom of the book on the spine.It helps you to find your books quicker.

Once you've got your call numberfrom the card catalog,

it's time to go find your book!

Online catalogs

Online catalogs Help you copy readymade cataloging cards

• Examples of online catalogs are:

• Egyptian libraries networkhttp://www.egyptlib.net.eg/site/home.aspx

• Future System for Egyptian university librarieshttp://srv5.eulc.edu.eg/eulc/libraries/start.aspx

• American University in Cairo library cataloghttp://library.aucegypt.edu/• Library of congress catalog http://catalog.loc.gov/

• The British library cataloghttp://catalogue.bl.uk/F/?func=file&file_name=login-bl-list

Classification

DefinitionDefinitionIn Library &information science, it means: arranging books on the shelves according to their similarity in subject, using classification symbols (called notation ).

This notation is found in a classification scheme or system. Moreover, Classification provides a system for organizing

knowledge. Classification may be used to organize knowledge represented in any form, e.g., books, documents , electronic

resources.

However, small libraries (or children libraries) may do without a classification system and would prefer to use different

colors of books ,or any other local classification systems, to arrange their holdings.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/classification

Examples of classification systems

The Dewey Decimal System is a system we use to

•classify books by grouping them in 10•categories

It is the most popular and ,commonly used system in the world.

The main Dewey Decimal classesThe main Dewey Decimal classes 000 Generalities

100 Philosophy and psychology200 Religion300 Social Sciences400 Language500 Natural sciences and mathematics600 Technology (Applied sciences)700 The arts (fine and decorative)800 Literature and rhetoric900 Geography and history

• To see all 1,000 numbers spelled out, see the full Dewey Decimal system chart on the following link:

• http://www.library.illinois.edu/ugl/about/dewey.html

Electronic Classification

To use the electronic Dewey Decimal System (Web Dewey)

http://www.oclc.org/dewey/resources/tutorial/default.htm, you can write the subject heading of the book in the search box, then press enter, to get a proposed Dewey classification number, then you should revise it with the Dewey classification tables.