Tag: classmarking
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Classification – a mix of 3 systems! (part 3)
Read more: Classification – a mix of 3 systems! (part 3)On a first and superficial look it seems like the Heythrop Library uses the Library of Congress Classification (LCC), but this is not true. There are some classmarks which look like LCC, but are in fact an adaptation: the Lynn-Peterson scheme (first edition from 1937! The Library nowadays makes also one radical change from LCC to…
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Classification – a mix of 3 systems! (part 2)
Read more: Classification – a mix of 3 systems! (part 2)On a first and superficial look it seems like the Heythrop Library uses the Library of Congress Classification (LCC), but this is not true. There are some classmarks which look like LCC, but are in fact an adaptation: the Lynn-Peterson scheme (first edition from 1937! The Library nowadays makes also one radical change from LCC to…
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Why BJ1249 is not the bee’s knees
Read more: Why BJ1249 is not the bee’s kneesIt might be news or “olds” to you, but here it is. One of the principles in academic libraries is that one separates texts by philosophers from those written by theologians. This might sound odd, or even unnecessary, but I don’t believe that this is a black-and-white view.