Greetings.
Members of this list may be interested in a new edition of UDC recently published by BSI/DISC. Details below.
Geoffrey Robinson
BSI
Now available
UDC - THE POCKET EDITION
The latest edition of Universal Decimal Classification, in
a new compact version for training and personal use
PD 1000
BSI's latest edition of UDC answers a long-felt need for a version
that is compact, low-cost and user-friendly for beginners. Called
'The Pocket Edition' and containing about 4000 entries, it preserves the essential characteristics of UDC while eliminating material that is not essential for small-scale use. It is based on the Master Reference File, the UDC database of 61 000 entries, and includes the latest updates. Highly technical detail has been excluded, but terms likely to be sought have been retained wherever possible. This edition also contains a newly compiled introduction explaining the structure of the scheme and giving practical advice on its use.
UDC's flexible structure, which allows very expressive indexing and
searching on different aspects of a subject, has led to its widespread use in technical libraries and information services. But it is also well suited to use outside library contexts, and for organizing collections of objects and non-traditional documents. Multi-media collections can be grouped according to medium - sound recordings, video recordings, photographs, motion pictures etc. The scheme has been used to classify motion pictures by subject and map collections by place, and is equally suitable for cataloguing collections of stamps, coins, model soldiers - anything that needs indexing to exploit its interest to the full. A major private art collection has been indexed by UDC, enabling efficient retrieval of information about (for example) the history of animal breeds or of costume, from pictorial or sculptural evidence. It has been known for many years that UDC works well in computer searches for traditional forms of information, but it is also effective for organizing computer files themselves, and is now appearing on the Internet. It is used on several websites to arrange directories of learning resources and published information.
The new Pocket Edition, PD 1000: 1999, will be invaluable for learners, for staff training, for organizing electronic files and for classifying small collections.
Now available from BSI, price £15.
ISBN 0-580-33045-1
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