What is scope of the implementing LIS classification and cataloguing in different field ?
LC classification and cataloging is the best known and most prominent system in the world. If you want to get catalog records from vendors (e.g. OCLC), LC will be the main system used. That said, LC, which developed in the late 1800s is very much centered on the West, with few classification numbers for other regions, religions other than Christianity, and so on. Most of us in the library world still use it, because it is the industry standard, though it is far from perfect. Using another tool or creating your own will likely create endless problems for you. Use the flawed LC.
- William Badke thanks for reply, I need to learn about the implementation of classification and cataloguing in different facets other than book. I have a vision adopting in other field, please have look and reply 'Adoption of classification and cataloging techniques in the Maintenance Industry' 10.18231/j.ijlsit.2023.022
In library systems, the choice that has been made is to classify by subject area in order to keep all the books on a topic in the same place on the shelves. That said, classification also takes into consideration the way in which the subject is treated, so that medical ethics has a different classification from political ethics, each being attached to the broader subject area (medicine or politics). Many non-library classification systems are simply indexes. A classification number is assigned to each object in the system, and a central index allows a user to look up a name for an object and find the number, which identifies a location. For such systems, the classification numbers are chosen to somewhat resemble library classification in that each class of objects begins with a common number to which are added different numbers to identify individual items (e.g. 23-1, 23-2, etc.)
William Badke I fully support your suggestion, By virtue of profession I have gone through different condition (handling tools and spares) in maintaining different locomotive and other aviation subsidiaries. We need more intricate system to handle, which will be extracted from LIS principles.
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