• Evaluating the Past, Present and Future of Chinese Library Classification (CLC)

    Author(s):
    Ludovica Price (see profile)
    Date:
    2012
    Group(s):
    CityLIS, Library & Information Science
    Subject(s):
    Library science, Information science
    Item Type:
    Essay
    Tag(s):
    Classification schemes, classification, Chinese Library Classification (CLC), Chinese libraries, Library and information science
    Permanent URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/8mws-0z65
    Abstract:
    China is one of the few countries worldwide to have had a relatively sophisticated, unbroken tradition of library classification for nearly two thousand years (Zhang, 2003). This may be considered a crowning achievement in the history of library and information services; yet paradoxically, China’s adherence to its literary traditions led to stagnation and a lack of progress that, by the end of the nineteenth century, had left them far behind the West. The twentieth century was characterised by great upheaval in China, and this is reflected in the changes its library and information services underwent during this time. Zhang, Liu and Wang (1996) cite no fewer than 8 library classification systems which were developed between 1953 and 1978 alone. Through the tumult, the Chinese Library Classification (hereafter referred to as CLC) has emerged as China’s national classification system. This paper discusses the history of the CLC, describes its current form and present usage, and evaluates its strengths and weaknesses.
    Notes:
    Assignment for CityLIS module 'Information Resources & Organisation' INM303, 2012.
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