James Frysinger wrote in USMA 22055: > Perhaps the very complex Library of Congress (LOC) classification >scheme is the antithesis of the Dewey Decimal System. I've never >understood the LOC system. Yet, that seems to be the system preferred by >large libraries. As far as I can tell, there's not a whole lot about it >that is decimal! > >Jim
I suspect it is due to libraries being able to buy already printed card catalog cards from the Library of Congress that have the Library of Congress class number on them. It saves the local library from having to figure out the class number to assign to a new book. -- Joseph B. Reid 17 Glebe Road West Toronto M5P 1C8 Tel. 416 486-6071
