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Classification of Material in the Library  

Goals:This class will teach the basics of the Library of Congress (LC) classification system and how things are arranged using this system within HKUST Library.
Last Updated: Sep 12, 2011 URL: http://libguides.ust.hk/classification Print Guide ShareThis

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How Do You Organize Things?

Organization is important - the better it is organized (and the better you understand its organization), the easier it is to retrieve something meaningful.

How many ways can I organize a pile of books?

  • By size?
  • By color?
  • By whether they are hardback or paperback?
  • Are they fiction or non-fiction?
  • By what they are "about"?
  • How often do I use them?

Let's complicate things further, how do I organize a pile of newspapers?

  • By date? (all the newspapers published on the same day in one pile?
  • By title? (all the 明報 in one pile, all the South China Morning Posts in another?)
  • By language?
  • By city of origin?

How do you organize things at home?

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