Dewey Decimal Classification, Universal Decimal Classification, and the Broad System of Ordering: The Evolution of Universal Ordering Systems
Wellisch, Hans H.
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Title
Dewey Decimal Classification, Universal Decimal Classification, and the Broad System of Ordering: The Evolution of Universal Ordering Systems
Author(s)
Wellisch, Hans H.
Issue Date
1975
Keyword(s)
Classification, Dewey decimal
Classification
Abstract
"O f the three systems named in the title of this paper, the first is
familiar to everyone, even outside the profession of librarianship; the second is
much less well known; and the last one is probably still a total stranger.
Actually, to say that the Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) is little
known in the United States is an understatement. Except for a handful of
people who actually use the system, the general notion among many librarians
in this country seems to be that the UDC is a quaint, even outlandish system,
a transmogrification of Dewey performed by some oddballs in the city of
Brussels. American textbooks on classification still call it the ""Brussels
Extension."" Such ignorance and neglect is even more deplorable as the UDC is
essentially of genuine American descent, being the offspring of the Dewey
Decimal Classification (DDC).When we celebrate the Dewey centennial, we can at the same time look
back on exactly eighty years of UDC. It was in 1895 that two Belgian
lawyers, Paul Otlet and Henri La Fontaine, decided to adapt the DDC for
their plan of the Institut International de Bibliographic (IIB) as a
classification system for the worldwide repertory of all knowledge recorded
not only in books, but also in articles, reports, and any other kind of
documents."
Publisher
Graduate School of Library Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Series/Report Name or Number
Allerton Park Institute (21st : 1975)
ISSN
0536-4604
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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