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Book Numbers
Explains how book numbers (also called item numbers) combine with collection numbers and class numbers to form call numbers.

Broad System of Ordering (BSO)
A modern machine-held classification system embracing all fields of knowledge, useful as an aid to subject searching on the Internet or on any large information system covering the whole span of knowledge.

Classification Theory and the Internet: A move toward Mulitdimensional Classification
A paper by Susan Irwin, University of Denver, 2001. Examines the purpose of library classification and explores how classification schemes can add value to Internet collections.

Complexity in Indexing Systems -- Abandonment and Failure
Subtitle: "Implications For Organizing The Internet". Reviews modern library indexing systems, and discusses why these don't work well for cataloging the Web. By Bella Hass Weinberg.

Cutter Author Tables
A commonly used method for arranging and cataloging books by author.

Faceted Classification
Yahoo!Group for discussion of practices and theory of faceted classification.

Faceted Classification
Overview with particular reference to Colon, Bliss and London Classification of Business Studies.

How to Make a Faceted Classification and Put It On the Web
Academic paper discussing methods of creating faceted classifications of small to medium-sized sets for websites.

Lexical and Classification Resources
Offers dictionaries, thesauri, classification schemes, and related matter primarily of use to those managing preservation libraries, and imaging projects.

Role for Classification: The Organization of Resources on the Internet
Discusses the issues involved in classifying resources located on the Internet.

Using Library Classification Schemes for Internet Resources
by Diane Vizine-Goetz of the OCLC Office of Research. An OCLC Internet Cataloging Project Colloquium position paper. "To determine how well library classification systems compare to Internet classifications in terms of general topic coverage, categories 1-10 and 35-45 of Yahoo's 50 most popular categories were compared to DDC and LCC."

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