Inside Higher Ed

The Bigot in the Machine

Over the years, I’ve made a point of helping students see the ways in which library systems make biased decisions when it comes to organizing information. The Library of Congress classification system ...
Observer

The Library of Congress Opened Its Catalogs to the World—Here’s Why It Matters

Imagine you wanted to find books or journal articles on a particular subject. Or find manuscripts by a particular author. Or locate serials, music or maps. You would use a library catalog that ...
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A comparative guide to the Library of Congress and Dewey decimal classification systems / by Beatrice Spriggs, Gail Junion

https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=liball&source=~!silibraries&uri=full=3100001~!206117~!0#focus ...
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Classification. Class D, Subclasses DJK-DK, history of Eastern Europe (General), Soviet Union, Poland / Subject Cataloging Division, Processing Services, Library of Congress

Kept up to date by the Division's L.C. classification--additions and changes, and by 2 publications irregularly issued by Gale Research Company entitled: Library of Congress classification ...
Saint Louis University

Interpreting Call Numbers

The call number, the number placed on the spine of the book, is a code that provides valuable information about the book. SLU Libraries use the Library of Congress system to organize materials ...