28 Nov
2002
28 Nov
'02
9:14 a.m.
<quote who="Andrew Arensburger">
Naive question: does LC indicate the topic, just like Dewey? Or is it more generally a code that tells you where to find a given book? If the LC ultimately determines the physical location of a given book, then its purpose is different from the Dewey code: books with similar call numbers would be close to each other on the shelf, whereas books with similar Dewey numbers would be close to each other in the catalog.
The LC call number *does* represent the topic. It uses mixed notation, ie, both alphabets and numbers. It starts with an English capital letter. Each letter represents a discipline. Saiful DRTC Bangalore, India.