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  1. Dong-Geun, O.; Ji-Suk, Y.: Suggesting an option for DDC class religion (200) for nations in which religious diversity predominates (2001) 0.00
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    Date
    6. 1.1997 18:30:28
    Source
    Knowledge organization. 28(2001) no.2, S.75-84
  2. Alex, H.: ¬Die Dewey-Dezimalklassifikation (DDC) (2018) 0.00
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    Date
    28. 9.2016 16:04:09
  3. Comaroni, J.P.: Use of the Dewey Decimal Classification in the United States and Canada (1978) 0.00
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    Source
    Library resources and technical services. 22(1978), S.402-408
  4. McIlwaine, I.C.: UDC: the present state and future prospects (1995) 0.00
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    Source
    Knowledge organization. 22(1995) no.2, S.64-69
  5. Beghtol, C.: Knowledge domains : multidisciplinarity and bibliographic classification systems (1998) 0.00
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    Date
    6. 1.1997 18:30:28
  6. Evans, L.: Early days of DDC networking in the UK (2008) 0.00
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    Pages
    S.29-39
  7. Heiner-Freiling, M.: DDC German - the project, the aims, the methods : new ideas for a well-established traditional classification system (2006) 0.00
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    Abstract
    The paper will give a short outline of the project DDC German. The project is not limited to a mere translation of DDC 22, but aims at the implementation of Dewey in the library networks of the German-language countries. Use of DDC mainly for retrieval purposes, not for shelving, leads to certain new aspects in classifying with Dewey which are described in detail and presented together with the German web service Melvil. Based an the German experience of cooperation and data exchange in the field of verbal indexing the paper develops some ideas an future Dewey cooperation between European and American libraries.
  8. Svanberg, M.: Mapping two classification schemes : DDC and SAB (2008) 0.00
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    Date
    14. 8.2008 11:22:44
  9. Chan, L.M.; Hodges, T.L.: Library of Congress Classification (LCC) (2009) 0.00
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    Date
    27. 8.2011 14:22:42
  10. Hjoerland, B.; Albrechtsen, H.: ¬An analysis of some trends in classification research (1999) 0.00
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    Date
    6. 1.1997 18:30:28
  11. Furner, J.: Dewey deracialized : a critical race-theoretic perspective (2007) 0.00
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    Date
    6. 1.1997 18:30:28
  12. Lorenz, B.: ¬Die DDC im Umfeld der Entwicklung dezimaler Klassifikationen (2008) 0.00
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    Pages
    S.23-28
  13. Rojas L.; Octavio, G.: Translating the DDC : the experience of the Spanish version (1997) 0.00
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    Source
    Dewey Decimal Classification: Edition 21 and International perspectives: papers from a workshop presented at the General Conference of the International Deferation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), Beijing, China, August 29, 1996. Ed.: L.M. Chan and J.S. Mitchell
  14. Slavic, A.; Davies, S.: Facet analysis in UDC : questions of structure, functionality and data formality (2017) 0.00
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    Date
    29. 9.2017 19:07:18
  15. Piros, A.: ¬The thought behind the symbol : about the automatic interpretation and representation of UDC numbers (2017) 0.00
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    29. 9.2017 19:04:25
  16. Kleiber, K.; Lindpointner, R.: DDC in Europa : Workshop "The use of the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) in Europe: recent developments and future perspectives" und "Meeting of the European DDC users' group" (2007) 0.00
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    Content
    Der dann folgende Vortrag von Joan Mitchell mit dem programmatischen Titel "Locality and universality in the DDC" gab zuerst einen Überblick über die laufenden Übersetzungsprojekte, bezogen auf die Ed. 22, nämlich: Französisch, Italienisch, Spanisch, Griechisch, Arabisch und Chinesisch. Bezogen auf die Abridged Ed. 14 außerdem: Hebräisch und Vietnamesisch. Sie erwähnte auch den Einsatz von Dewey bei internationalen Projekten wie der "World Digital Library". Der zentrale Punkt des Vortrags betraf dann den Spagat zwischen ,Localization and Interoperability', d.h. zwischen Anpassung an regionale Gegebenheiten (wie z.B. Unterschiede in den Bereichen des Rechts- und Erziehungssystems) auf der einen Seite und Festhalten an der Durchgängigkeit der Bedeutung über alle Sprachen und Kulturen hinweg. Wie auch Magda Heiner-Freiling in ihrem Vortrag hinwies, hat sich die amerikanisch geprägte DDC im Zuge der Übersetzungsprojekte zwar schrittweise den Bedürfnissen der Benutzer in anderen Erdteilen geöffnet, dennoch bestehen noch zahlreiche Schwierigkeiten. Das von Heiner-Freiling erwähnte Beispiel der Pädagogik zeigte aber auch, dass Vorsicht bei Alleingängen auf nationaler Ebene geboten ist, da z.B. im Zuge des Bologna-Prozesses auch in Europa amerikanische institutionelle Strukturen und Terminologie im Bildungswesen Einzug halten. Weitere Vorträge befassten sich mit der Arbeit an elektronischen Verfahren zur automatischen Analyse von DDC-Notationen (Ulrike Reiner aus Göttingen), mit der DDC-Übersetzungs-Software, die für die Übersetzung ins Deutsche entwickelt wurde und nun auch in allen anderen Sprachen im Einsatz ist (Peter Werling, Fa. Pansoft) bzw. mit der DDC-Suche in verschiedenen Webportalen (Lars G. Svensson, DNB). Der abschließende Vortrag von Magda Heiner-Freiling (DNB) ging dann wieder ins Programmatische mit dem Vorschlag, eine gemeinsame European DDC Users Group (EDUG) zu gründen, um gemeinsame Anliegen der europäischen Dewey-User, was z.B. die anfangs erwähnten Probleme in einzelnen Bereichen betrifft, gemeinsam gegenüber den amerikanischen Herausgebern zu vertreten, um so mehr Einfluss auf die künftige Entwicklung der DDC zu haben.
    Wer sich näher für einzelne Themen interessiert, hat die Möglichkeit, auf der Homepage der Schweizer Nationalbibliothek die Präsentationsunterlagen der einzelnen Vorträge einzusehen (http://www.nb.admin.ch/slb/slb_professionnel/projektarbeit/00729/01615/01675/index.html?lang=de). Ziel des zweiten Tages war die Gründung einer europäischen DDC-Anwendergruppe zum Zweck der Vernetzung und Planung für die gemeinsame Entwicklungsarbeit. Anwesend waren Vertreterinnen der Nationalbibliotheken von Großbritannien, Deutschland, Frankreich, Schweden, Norwegen, Italien, Schweiz und Österreich sowie eine Vertreterin von OCLC. Eingeladen hatten die Nationalbibliotheken von Deutschland und der Schweiz. Vormittags wurde eine allgemeine Diskussion über die Ziele und Möglichkeiten einer solchen Anwendergruppe sowie allgemein über die Vorteile einer DDC-Anwendung in Europa diskutiert. Ziele von EDUG könnten sein: - Monitoring der europäischen DDC-Anwendungen - Kenntnis der unterschiedlichen Anwendungsregeln in den verschiedenen Ländern - Zugang auch zu den DDC-Übersetzungen in anderen Sprachen samt Expansionen - Zusammenarbeit beim Angebot von "built numbers" Zusammenarbeit mit OCLC als Vertreterin von europäischen Anliegen (die am Vortag ausführlich angesprochen worden waren) - Harmonisierung der Änderungen in den verschiedensprachigen Ausgaben (21./22. Ed., unterschiedliche Erweiterungen, anderer Sprachgebrauch) - Kooperation bei der Realisierung von technischen Plänen wie z.B. die automatische Klassifikation von Online-Dokumenten oder dem Mapping zu anderen Klassifikationssystemen - Weitergabe von Know-how und Erfahrungen an andere Interessierte Spontan wurden drei Arbeitsgruppen ins Leben gerufen, und zwar eine für technische Angelegenheiten und zwei inhaltliche für die kritischen Bereiche Recht und Erziehung. Nachmittags wurden die Satzungen von EDUG diskutiert und überarbeitet. Bei vielen Punkten wurde Übereinkunft erzielt. Einzelne Fragen blieben noch offen und sollen beim nächsten Treffen - wahrscheinlich im April 2008 in Frankfurt - endgültig fixiert werden."
  17. Hajdu Barat, A.: Knowledge organization of the Universal Decimal Classification : new solutions, user friendly methods from Hungary (2004) 0.00
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    6. 1.1997 18:30:28
  18. Williamson, N.: Knowledge integration and classification schemes (2003) 0.00
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    6. 1.1997 18:30:28
  19. Slavic, A.: Use of the Universal Decimal Classification : a world-wide survey (2008) 0.00
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    Abstract
    Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to present a general overview with up-to-date information on the Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) use worldwide. Design/methodology/approach - The research combined e-mail interviews with LIS professionals in 208 countries, literature research and information obtained from UDC distributors/publishers (AENOR, BSI, UDC Consortium). The following categorisation of UDC use was offered: A - dominant system; B - used in some kind of libraries only; or C - rarely used. Findings - The paper finds that, of the 208 countries contacted and researched through the literature in 2004-2006, the UDC was found to be used in 124 (60 per cent) of these. In 34 (28 per cent) of the countries researched (in Europe, Asia and Africa), UDC is the main classification system used across national information networks. In 45 (36 per cent) of the countries it is used in certain kinds of libraries. In the remaining 45 (36 per cent) of the countries it is used rarely, in only a few libraries or information centres. Research limitations/implications - It was beyond the scope of this research to provide any information regarding the actual number of institutions using UDC in a given country or to give an estimate of the size and number of document collections organised by it. Although a decline in UDC use since the 1980s was reported from a number of countries, it was not possible to measure this accurately. Practical implications - The interest shown for using UDC in the organisation of digital collections, information exchange and cross domain and cross collection resource discovery depends on accurate knowledge of its actual usage worldwide. This gives a measure of its global importance and verifies its credentials as an indexing standard. This research, which attempted wider and more systematic coverage than previous surveys, should help clarify the status of UDC and its potential use in the networked environment. Originality/value - The paper provides up-to-date information on the presence of the UDC system across countries and languages.