The Practice of Classification: a study towards standardization

An examination of the problems encountered by the British National Bibliography in applying a "standard" Decimal Classification notation to new books in parallel with the practice of the Decimal Classification Division of the Library of Congress; and of the implica tions for standardization of practice generally in this field. This article is an edited version of the paper given by the author at the Cataloguing &. Indexing Group Seminar "Subject to Information", Aberystwyth, April 1970.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/68675/2/10.1177_096100067100300104.pd