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http://dx.doi.org/10.16981/kliss.50.201903.105

A Study on the Improvement and Application of KDC 6th ed. for Classifying the Children's Books  

Oh, Young-ok (공주대학교 문헌정보교육과)
Lee, Mi-hwa (공주대학교 문헌정보교육과)
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Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society / v.50, no.1, 2019 , pp. 105-124 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was to suggest the improvement and the application of KDC 6 for classifying children's books by the literature review and survey. First, it was suggested to shorten the classification numbers by the divisions and subdivisions and to expand the classification numbers by sub-subdivisions according to the library-specific classification policy, using the subject statistics of the children's books held by 20 public libraries affiliated in Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education and representative C libraries. Second, the knowledge picture books and the fairy tales were suggested to be classified according to its subject, and the fairy tales in each country were suggested to be classified by adding sub-subdivisions and genre subdivisions. Third, it was suggested to shelve by collection and location codes that were distinguished by the ages and the reading level for user, to prepare a standard guideline for shelving, and to implement the regular user education about the classification system. This study could contribute to the development of the KDC abridged version for children's books in the future.
Keywords
Children's Book; Children's Library; Korean Decimal Classification; KDC abridged version;
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