Professional paper
History as a subject and Universal Decimal Classification in the practice of the National and University Library in Zagreb
Purgarić-Kužić Branka
Abstract
The paper describes current practice of the classification of history in the National and University Library, Zagreb according to the Universal Decimal Classification. The author explains the main concepts in the field of history and stresses the important rôle of common auxiliaries in indexing of this type of content. Various issues and ambiguities in content analysis and classification are described and solutions proposed. The author pays particular attention to class 930 Science of history and to the issues of: determination of the historical content, interdisciplinarity of historical content, and objectivity and consistency in indexing. The paper provides an insight into advantages and disadvantages of historical geographical subdivision for Croatia and suggests subdivision of the history of Croatia by period, in order to enable more specific indexing. The author concludes by suggesting that proposed solutions should be adopted as a standard approach by Croatian libraries in order to enhance information discovery and access.
Keywords
Universal Decimal Classification; UDC; science of history; general history; classification; National and University Library, Zagreb
Hrčak ID:
165606
URI
Publication date:
20.12.2006.
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