Document (#31445)

Author

Mowery, R.L.

Title

¬The classification of African history by the Library of Congress

Source

Cataloging and classification quarterly. 4(1983) no.1, S.1-10

Year

1983

Abstract

Subclass DT of the Library of Congress classification assigns comparatively brief spans of class numbers to many of the countries of East Africa and West Africa. Many of these spans leave very little space for classes which will be assigned in the future to cover the future historical developments of these countries. An analysis of twenty-nine revisions and relocations of these classifications which the LC personnel approved during 1980-82 shows that most of these changes have failed to address these notational problems. This study identifies two portions of Subclass DT which pose special problems and proposes several possible solutions to these problems.

Object

LCC

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