P. Gangadhara Rao ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Library Science, University of Madras, Madras 600 005, IN

Abstract

Presents case studies of incidence of homonyms in DDC numbers requiring the use of area notations and historical divisions. Suggests the use of "0" as the indicator digit for Time isolate instead of "0" to resolve the homonym.

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P. Gangadhara Rao ¹

Affiliations
1 University of Madras, Madras 5, IN

Abstract

Points out the difficulties experienced by teachers in teaching of library classification by DDC. Identifies that a variety of alternatives and sometimes contradictory prescriptions leads on to a confusion in classifying. This is illustrated by the rules 2nd notes made in DDC schedule for classifying documents embodying subject bibliographies Suggests that a unified theory of classification may be adopted in making rules for classifying by DDC.

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