Book Numbers : Indian and Cutter

This book explains with ample examples the book number systems devised by S. R. Ranganathan, S. Bashiruddin, Asa Don Dickinson and the National Library of India, and offers a brief but practical introduction to Cutter-Sanborn Table. There are only a few authentic books on book numbers, and the major texts in the subject are all written in the American context. Book Numbers: Indian and Cutter supplements these books and exposes the Indian systems to a wider community of practising librarians and library science teachers. Moreover, it illustrates and explains what Ranganathan and others have at times merely insinuated. Key contents of the book are: • History of book numbers • Bashiruddin’s system for Hindi and other languages • Dickinson’s system and his table of author names • Comprehensive coverage of the Ranganathan system – facet formula, tables • Author table by the National Library • Cutter system and Cutter-Sanborn table • Call number and collection number