• Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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• v.33 no.1
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• pp.1-13
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• 2002

This article introduces the general structure and characteristics of ICC(International Centesimal Classification) including main classes and auxiliary tables - form divisions; chronological divisions; geographical divisions; language divisions; racial, ethnic, national groups; divisions of individual religion; divisions of individual language; subdivisions for individual literatures; and groups of persons.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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• v.42 no.4
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• pp.141-157
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• 2008

This study suggests some ideas for the improvements of the classes of Language(700) and Literature(800) of the 4th Edition of Korean Decimal Classification(KDC). They includes some recommendations for the followings: introducing some new entries of the time table for the Korean Literature and English and American Literatures; relocating some entries for the improvements including language policy and administration; using new terminologies: adding new and revised notes for the appropriate entries; changing some specific classifying methods including the classification of bilingual dictionaries; introducing some options including those for the subdivisions of modern novels and those for American Literature; and discontinuing some entries not used, especially those in other Languages.