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- Title
Brief Communication: Abridged Dewey-15 (2012) in Historical Perspectives.
- Authors
Satija, Mohindar Partap
- Abstract
The origin of the abridged edition of the Dewey system goes back to 1894 when an outline of 192 pages based on the full 5th Edition (1894) was issued for small public and school libraries of North America. New editions have appeared regularly following closely the publication of new full editions. An abridged version, which is always in one volume, comprises an introduction, schedules, four tables (namely 1, 2, 3 and 4) only, and the relative index and other minor features of the full edition, and has shorter numbers. Abridged 15 is a logical abridgement of the DDC23 (2011) and is a product of a new approach to development of an abridged edition of the DDC. Its content has been derived from the DDC database applying a set of rules to extract the edition using the new (2010) version of the editorial support system. The revision process has been informed by interaction with an always widening and diversified Dewey community at home and abroad. It aims to improve the currency of the schedules continuing to serve as shelving tool while recognizing its 'other' uses as a spinoff of its simplicity and inexpensiveness.
- Subjects
NORTH America; DEWEY, Abridged; KNOWLEDGE management; PUBLIC libraries; SCHOOL libraries; ABRIDGMENTS
- Publication
Knowledge Organization, 2012, Vol 39, Issue 6, p466
- ISSN
0943-7444
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5771/0943-7444-2012-6-466