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By Mary Lea Cooksley
Nebraska University stu
dents using the new C. Y.
Thompson Library on the East
Campus often seem confused
by the dual book classifica
tion system there.
The library staff, according
to head librarian Wayne R.
Collings, is in the process of
converting the catalogue and
book classification system
from the Dewey to the Library
of Congress system. As a re
sult, students and faculty
must understand both sys
tems to use the library facil
ities effectively.
Dewey Decimal Outline
The Dewey Decimal sys
tem, created by Melvil Dew
ey in 1876, was the first book
classification system used in
this country. Dewey grouped
all human knowledge into ten
logical subject divisions num
bered from 0 to 900. A sub
division of the major subjeot
field was combined with the
characteristic number by as
signing such subdivision an
individual number set to go
within the major division.
"Although the Dewey sys
tem is expandable enough to
work well for an average size
library," Collings said, "It
has been apparent for the last
ten years that the Dewey sys
tem is not adequate for this
library."
Change to Library of Congress
Since the Dewey system no
longer solved the book classi
fication problems, the Univer
sity of Nebraska library staffs
began to change to the Li
brary of Congress system, the
other major classification
scheme in the United States.
The Library of Congress sys
tem is the most widely used
in the world, according to
Collings, and is much more
exact since it breaks the ten
major areas of the Dewey
system down to much more
precise fields of knowledge.
The Library of Congress
system catalogs alphabetical
ly instead of numerically.
Each general subject Is rep
resented by a single letter or
two letters in combination.
This means that the Library
of Congress system divides
knowledge Into 20 rather than
10 general fields.
Precise System
In addition to being more
precise and easy to expand,
the Library of Congress sys
tem, according to Collings, of
fered the added advantage of
a universal system of b o o k
classification.
Under the Dewey system,
each library's cataloging de
partment decides the classi
fication number for the books;
therefore, book numbers are
not necessarily the same from
library to library.
The Library of Congress
system, however, eliminates
this problem and standardizes
ook cataloging because cat
alog cards for each new book
rjve from the National Li
brary of Congress stamped
with their Library of Congress
classification number. Since
local library catalog depart
ments rarely change an es
ablished Library of Congress
number, the same book may
be found in any U.S. library
within the Library of Congress
system under the same ref
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Collings.
The Library of Congress
classification system matches
the subject with the letter key.
The remainder of the Li
brary of Congress and Dewey
classified books in heavy use
are shelved on the second
level of te library, the Li
brary of Congress system in
the north half of the area and
the Dewey system in the
south half.
Dewey System in Stacks
Within five years, accord
ing to Collings, the entire sec
ond floor will be devoted to
Library of Congress classifi
cation and the old Dewey
classified material will be
moved to stacks in the first
level for storage.
At present, only serial pub
lications, and added volumes
and editions are the oMy ma
terial being reclassified to the
Library of Congress system.
"Within five years," Coll
ings said," the Dewey classi
fied monographs will be out
dated and moved to the first
level to make room on the
second floor for the new, ex
panding collection of Library
of Congress classified books.
The reason for the classifi
cation systems, according to
Collings, is to provide a guide
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the Dewey classified material
is well cataloged now and will
be outdated in the next few
years," Collings said, "we do
not plan to reclassify the gen
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have been getting a special
refreshment at the East Cam
pus Dairy Bar since our
grandparents attended col
lege. The special refreshment, of
fered all year round, is some
of the tastiest ice cream and
dairy products in town. At all
times, according to Keith
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flavor cone selection, and a
six-flavor variety of sherbets.
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offers seven varieties of
cheese; grade A eggs;
chocolate milk, and orange
drink.
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sold in 1965 were produced by
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dairy herd and processed by
the dairy plant on tne nast
Campus.
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Dairy Bar," Hays said, "Is to
acquaint the public with the
quality of product that their
university is producing and to
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dairy plant's existence," Hays
continued, "is to supply "the
needs of teachers and re
searchers who experiment
with some of the dairy prod
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proving Nebraska's dairy
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