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1975: Major classification systems : the Dewey Centennial

21st Allerton Park Institute (1975); Edited by Kathryn Luther Henderson

One hundred years ago, in 1876, Melvil Dewey anonymously published the first edition of his classification system. Forest Press, publisher of the Dewey Decimal Classification since 1931, could think of no more suitable way to honor the DDC and its author during this centennial year than to bring together librarians interested in classification. It was with great pleasure, therefore, that Forest Press welcomed the opportunity to cosponsor with the University of Illinois Graduate School of Library Science the twenty-first annual Allerton Park Institute. Held on November 9-12, 1975, the topic of the institute was, most appropriately, "Major Classification Systems: the Dewey Centennial."

The complete text of the Institute is available here as well as the individual papers. The papers included here are:

• Introduction - Kathryn Luther Henderson
• Library Classification: One Hundred Years After Dewey - David Batty
• The Historical Development Of The Dewey Decimal Classification System - John P. Comaromi
• Dewey Today: An Analysis Of Recent Editions - Margaret E. Cockshutt
• Summary Of A Survey Of The Use Of The Dewey Decimal Classification In The United States And Canada - Mary Ellen Michael
• Dewey Today: The British And European Scene - Joel C. Downing
• The Library Of Congress Classification Scheme And Its Relationship To Dewey - Gordon Stevenson
• Factors In The Selection Of A Classification Scheme For A Large General Library - Peter Lewis
• Dewey Decimal Classification, Universal Decimal Classification, And The Broad System Of Ordering: The Evolution Of Universal Ordering Systems - Hans H. Wellisch
• The Role Of Indexing In Subject Retrieval - Derek Austin
• The Role Of Classification In Subject Retrieval In The Future - Paule Rolland-Thomas
  

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