Of the various systems used in libraries for knowledge organization, Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) is one of the oldest and most prevalent systems all over the world. The fact that DDC is in use in more than 135 countries in some 200,000 libraries and is published in about 30 language, speaks volumes of its utility and popularity. A long and arduous journey of more than 100 years starting from the first edition of DDC in 1876 till 2003 when 22nd edition came out, the scheme has witnessed many idiosyncratic changes in form of its twenty-two editions so far. Although the scheme is one of the major internationally recognized classification systems, yet there is hardly a book on the subject that may highlight special features of the successive editions of DDC. The present book is primary aimed to fill up that void.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Shabahat Husain
The Author Shabahat Husain presently Professor & Chairman of Department of Library and Information Science, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, has also worked at the university of Maiduguri, Nigeria from 1980-83 and Loughbrough University of Technology, England in 1992/93. He has put up 27 years of teaching experience so far and has written and published at the National and International level. Some of his publications have appeared in reputed Journals titled ‘International forum for Information and documentation’ (Now, Journal of Knowledge Organization). He has presented papers at the ‘Fifth International Study Conference on Classification Research’ held at Toronto in 1991 and the ‘46th F.I.D. conference and Congress’ held at Madrid in 1992, besides presenting a paper at the ‘International Seminar on Online Financial Information systems’, held at Madrid. He has served as a member of various national level committees of UGC and professional organizations in India and abroad.
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