A Study on the Main Classes of DDC

NamTaeWoo

Journal of the Korean Library and Information Science

2009, 43(1), pp.27-56
Publisher : 한국문헌정보학회
Research Area : Library and Information Science

NamTaeWoo ¹

¹중앙대학교

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study is to analyze on the main classes of DDC. The DDC is a general classification system which aims to classify documents of all kinds falling in any knowledge domain. At best, the order of the main classes represents a mix of Baconian and Hegelian philosophy adulterated by the practical exigencies of organization a collection of books. Each of the main classes have been subdivided further into what are technically known as divisions. This division of knowledge into the nine main classes mirrors the educational consensus of the late nineteen-century Western academic world. The DDC thus scatters subjects by discipline, and the subjects are subordinated to discipline. The DDC has been criticised for its rigidity of division by ten at every step of its division. Division by the decimal classification has been likened to the Procrustean bed.
KEYWORDS

DDC, Main Classes, Library Classification, Hegel Classification
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