This book Knowledge Organization, Information Processing and Retrieval: Practice is the third volume in the series of books on the UGC Model Curriculum being brought out by the author for the two year integrated M.LISc. programme. This volume covers practical aspects of the following: 1. Colon Classification, Edition 7; 2. Dewey Decimal Classification, Edition 21; 3. Colon Book Number; 4. Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (1998 Revision); 5. Classified Catalogue Code, Edition 5 (Revised); and 6. Sears List of Subject Headings, Edition 17. Effort has been made to explain all important rules and principles and illustrate them with suitable examples. Exercises are given at the end of the chapters for practice of the students. Solutions to these exercises are given under Unit: VII. This book will come handy to teachers and students of library and information science as well as classifiers and cataloguers in libraries.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR P S G Kumar
Dr P S G Kumar is a prolific writer in the field of library and information science. He wrote about 70 books and 142 papers which include Indian Library Chronology (2 editions); Indian Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science (23 volumes); Kumar’s Curriculum Series (16 volumes); and Library in India Series (10 volumes); etc. He has a distinguished first class career from BSc (Ag) to MLibSc. He earned doctorate from Gulbarga University. He was associated and also headed several national and international bodies like Indian Library Association (ILA); Indian Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science (IATLIS) for 12 years; Joint Council of Library Association in India (JOCLAI); Library Association of SAARC countries (LASAARC) (one term of two Years); Good Offices Committee (GOC); Vidarbha Academic Library Association (VALA)n for 4 years; and Council Member of IASLIC for two terms; etc. Friends, students and admirers instituted Dr P S G Kumar Oration on Library and Information Science (with RTM Nagpur University); Dr P S G Kumar Life-Time Achievement Award (with ILA); and Dr P S G Kumar Library Foundation at Nagpur which is sponsoring Mahiti Yug (Information Age), a quarterly journal in Marathi; and Information Age in English.
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