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*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/18th_Century 1790]
==Definitions==
*1 : the [[act]] or [[process]] of classifying
*2 a : [[systematic]] arrangement in [[groups]] or categories according to established [[criteria]]; specifically : [[taxonomy]]
==Description==
A [[library]] '''classification''' is a [[system]] of coding and organizing [[library]] [[materials]] ([[books]], serials, audiovisual materials, computer files, maps, [[manuscript]]s, realia) according to their subject and allocating a call number to that [[information]] [[resource]]. Similar to classification systems used in [[biology]], bibliographic classification systems [[group]] [[entities]] together that are similar, typically arranged in a [[hierarchical]] tree [[structure]]. A [[different]] kind of classification system, called a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faceted_classification faceted classification] system, is also widely used which allows the assignment of multiple classifications to an object, enabling the classifications to be ordered in multiple ways.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_classification]
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*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/18th_Century 1790]
==Definitions==
*1 : the [[act]] or [[process]] of classifying
*2 a : [[systematic]] arrangement in [[groups]] or categories according to established [[criteria]]; specifically : [[taxonomy]]
==Description==
A [[library]] '''classification''' is a [[system]] of coding and organizing [[library]] [[materials]] ([[books]], serials, audiovisual materials, computer files, maps, [[manuscript]]s, realia) according to their subject and allocating a call number to that [[information]] [[resource]]. Similar to classification systems used in [[biology]], bibliographic classification systems [[group]] [[entities]] together that are similar, typically arranged in a [[hierarchical]] tree [[structure]]. A [[different]] kind of classification system, called a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faceted_classification faceted classification] system, is also widely used which allows the assignment of multiple classifications to an object, enabling the classifications to be ordered in multiple ways.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_classification]
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