NOPR Collection:

Classification of environmented entity depth classification, 30

Mon, 01 Dec 1958 00:00:00 GMT

Title: Classification of environmented entity depth classification, 30 Authors: Ranganathan, S R Abstract: Till now classification schemes have been confining themselves largely to entities in normal environmental conditions. But literary warrant has begun to grow in respect of entities habitually in or being brought into abnormal environmental conditions. Efficiency in pin-pointed documentation service and depth classification calls for abnormally environmented entities to constitute isolates to be provided with distinctive isolate numbers. Experiments were made in meeting this problem by Phase Device and Facet Device. These did not give helpful results. The fact that an Environmented Entity is a (W) and not a () led to the final solution that it should be accommodated in zone 4 of Array of Order 1 in [1P1]. To prevent formation of homonyms, Subject Device had to be differentiated from Environment Device by the insertion of “0” (Zero) immediately after the starter bracket. This device opens up a vast vista for investigation which will help enrichment of all analytico-synthetic schemes such as CC and UDC. The construction of a comprehensive schedule of numbers by Environment Device should be taken on hand for the natural sciences and social sciences. Page(s): 113-121

South Asia section of the Library of Congress

Mon, 01 Dec 1958 00:00:00 GMT

Title: South Asia section of the Library of Congress Authors: Rajan, T N Abstract: Traces the history of the South Asia Section of the Library of Congress. Describes its collections. Points out its relation to the other Sections of the Library. Describes the processing, the reference service, the bibliographical and the extension service of the Section. Page(s): 138-144

Productivity drive and documentation

Mon, 01 Dec 1958 00:00:00 GMT

Title: Productivity drive and documentation Authors: Ranganathan, S R Abstract: Defines productivity and documentation. Shows the part to be played by documentation in the industrial enterprises today. Marks out the area of documentation in the various regions of industrial process - in respect of materials, machinery, and processes; lay-out, flow of work, quality control, and industrial operations; work study, therbligs, and environmental conditions for work, and standardization and simplification of products, materials, and processes. Refers to the fundamental work done in India, such as facet analysis, zone analysis, and chain procedure, which now form the basis of the research in the techniques of documentation in the international plane and describes the aims and objects of Insdoc, which are essentially to increase productivity. Stresses the need for the National Productivity Council to share its labors with a documentalist along with other interests. Page(s): 132-137

A grammar of depth classification

Mon, 01 Dec 1958 00:00:00 GMT

Title: A grammar of depth classification Authors: Parthasarathy, S Abstract: Reviews the results embodied in the second edition of Ranganathan’s Prolegomena to library classification. Indicates their impact on the recent developments in classificatory thought at international level. Discusses Some of the major contributions such as separation of planes of work in classification, potency of notation and work to be done in the notational plane, importance of standard terminology in the schedules of classification, zone and sector formation, postulation of five fundamental categories, facet analysis and phase analysis, canons of classification, and postulational approach to classification. Mentions the importance of the work in progress in the building up of schedules for the Posteriorising Common Isolates especially for Materials and Services. Page(s): 122-131