DOCUMENTATION SURVEY
| Date | 01 March 1967 |
| Published date | 01 March 1967 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1108/eb026434 |
| Pages | 265-272 |
| Subject Matter | Information & knowledge management,Library & information science |
DOCUMENTATION SURVEY
BOOK TRADE
STANDARD
book numbering, incorporating the recommendations of the Publishers' Asso-
ciation for implementing the Standard Book Numbering scheme. London, Standard
Book Numbering Agency, 1967. 10p.
The Standard Book Numbering Scheme will come into operation this summer
(1967).
The
Agency is jointly supported by
J.
Whitaker & Sons Ltd, the Council of the British Nation-
al Bibliography Ltd, and the Publishers' Association. The scheme involves the adoption
by the UK book trade of a standard system of numbering book titles, suitable for com-
puter manipulation of data processing equipment into many publishing operations. Using
this type of equipment, a standard number can now easily be incorporated. By a standard
number for a book title is meant a unique number which is used by all concerned with
order processing operations involving that title. The number is then an identifying code
for that title throughout its existence. BNB will adopt the number
as
their accession num-
ber, which can then be used for such purposes as catalogue card ordering and computer-
based interlibrary lending procedures. Blocks of numbers have already been allocated to
about 1,600 active publishers. Full details of the mechanics of book numbering arc given.
The target date for the allocation and publication of standard book numbers for
all
new
British books is October 1967. The Publishers" Association have also issued a report by
Professor F. G. Foster, who carried out the inquiry into the feasibility of such
a
scheme. It
is hoped that there may be an international extension of the scheme, which would par-
ticularly benefit publishers operating in more than one country.
CLASSIFICATION AND INDEXING
INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE.
Documentation Research and Training Centre. Annual
Seminar, 4. Bangalore, the Institute, 1966. 618p.
The seminar
is
divided into three main
areas,
the largest being the second section on classifi-
cation schedules in depth. The first section
is
entitled 'Universe of knowledge: its structure
and development'. It contains six papers on the general subject of knowledge ranging from
a title paper by Phyllis Richmond and another by Th. W. le Nuyl to a discussion of subject
terminology by
S.
R. Ranganathan. The second section on depth classification starts with a
general paper on faceted and depth classification. Several aspects such
as
scheduled mnemo-
nics,
grouping of quasi-isolates, and array division with packet notation. Depth classifi-
cation schedules are given for six subjects including library science, chemical rocket engine
production, and foreign
policy.
The third section
is
entitled 'Promotion of the
use
of docu-
mentation lists in libraries'. The term 'documentation list' covers various types of library
publications—additions lists, current literature bulletins, abstracts bulletins, etc. Several of
the papers in
this
section are case studies of the bibliographical services of particular libraries,
e.g. Technical Library of National Rayon Corp. Ltd. Following these three sections
a
report
of the proceedings of the seminar
is
given. This includes the opening address by S. R. Ran-
ganathan on research in library science and a non-scheduled session on the demonstration
of problems in depth classification also led by Ranganathan. There
is
an extensive index to
the entire volume.
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