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LESSON 2 - Library Classification Systems (1)

The document outlines the Purposive Communication course for first-year students, focusing on library classification systems. It details the Dewey Decimal Classification system created by Melvil Dewey, which organizes knowledge into ten main categories, and contrasts it with the Library of Congress Classification system. The document also lists the ten main classifications in Dewey's system, providing examples for each category.

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LESSON 2 - Library Classification Systems (1)

The document outlines the Purposive Communication course for first-year students, focusing on library classification systems. It details the Dewey Decimal Classification system created by Melvil Dewey, which organizes knowledge into ten main categories, and contrasts it with the Library of Congress Classification system. The document also lists the ten main classifications in Dewey's system, providing examples for each category.

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PURCOMM

PURPOSIVE COMMUNICATION
FIRST YEAR GE 05 1ST SEMESTER 2025-26

●​ Geography & History 900 (Man writes about


LESSON 2 travel, people, and events)
○​ Geography, Biographies, Ancient
LIBRARY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS
History

DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM You Can Judge a Book by Its Cover
●​ Developed by Karen Ward ●​ The Dewey Decimal Classification call number
can be found on the spine label.
Who Created the Dewey Decimal Classification ●​ When the book is shelved, the Dewey Decimal.
System? ●​ Classification call numbers can be easily seen.
●​ Melvil Dewey was born on December 10, 1851.
●​ He created the number order system for library LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION (LCC)
books when he was 21 years old. ●​ An alphanumeric system with 21 main classes,
●​ Started the first school for librarians which offers a more detailed organization and is
mostly used in academic and research libraries.
TEN MAIN CLASSIFICATIONS IN DEWEY’S SYSTEM
●​ The world’s knowledge is divided into 10
categories or groups.
●​ Each group has a main title and is represented
by three numbers.
●​ Brings order to the massive amount of world
knowledge.

THE BIG 10
●​ Generalities 000 (Encyclopedias, References)
○​ Encyclopedias, News Media, Rare
books
●​ Philosophy 100 (Man thinks)
○​ Paranormal phenomena, Psychology,
Logic
●​ Religion 200 (About God)
○​ Bible, History of Christianity, Other
Religions
●​ Social Science 300 (About man’s neighbors)
○​ Law, Education, Science
●​ Language 400 (Man talks with other men)
○​ English, Spanish, Other languages
●​ Science & Math 500 (Man discovers all that is
around him)
○​ Mathematics, Earth sciences, Plants,
Animals
●​ Technology 600 (Man makes useful things)
○​ Medicine, Agriculture, Family living
●​ The Arts 700 (Man makes beautiful things)
○​ Drawing, Music, Recreational, and
performing arts
●​ Literature 800 (Man writes)
○​ American Literature, Old English
Literature, Literatures of Other
Languages

GYJNIMFILES PURCOMM 1

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