Let’s Learn some about Library Manegment Zeeshan Ahmed Sheikh Librarian Sultan Mohamed Shah Aga Khan School
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Let’s Learnsome about
Library Manegment
Zeeshan Ahmed Sheikh Librarian Sultan Mohamed Shah Aga Khan School
The Dewey Decimal System is a tool used
to sort books into
Dewey Decimal Classification System
groups or categories
Who created the Dewey Decimal Classification System?
Melvil Dewey was born on December 10, 1851
Melvil Dewey created the number order system for library books when he was 21 years old.
Melvil Dewey started the first school for librarians.
Ten Main Classifications in Dewey’s System
The world’s knowledge is divided into 10 categories or groups.
Each group has a main title and is represented by three numbers.
The Big Ten!
Generalities – 000
Philosophy – 100 Religion – 200 Social Science –
300 Language – 400
Science & Math – 500 Technology – 600 The Arts – 700 Literature – 800 Geography & History -
900
Brings order to the massive amount of world knowledge
You Can Judge A Book by Its Cover!
The Dewey Decimal Classification call number can be found on the spine label.
Why? When the book is
shelved, the Dewey Decimal Classification call number can be easily seen.
500Lee
200Bya
000Mea
Generalities - 000
Encyclopedias Computers Library Science News media Fact Books
Encyclopedias, References
Books that fit in this group have many different subjects in them. Like:
This is also where books on unexplained subjects would be found-like The Loch Ness Monster.
Philosophy - 100
Paranormal phenomena Psychology Logic
Man thinks
Books that fit in this group tell about how we think and feel.
Religion - 200
Quran History of Islam Other Religions
About Allah
Books in this group tell about different religions or stories from the Quran.
Social Science - 300
Law Education Folklore
About man’s neighbors, holidays and customs, government, military
Books in this group tell about how people live
together.
Fairy tales and folk tales are also placed in the
300s. Many were written to teach a lesson about behavior
and.. That’s social studies.
Language - 400
English Urdu Other Languages
Man talks with other men
Books in this group are about different languages or grammar. noun
verbadjective
Natural Science & Math - 500
MathematicsEarth sciencesPlantsAnimals Man discovers
all that is around him
Books in this group are about things from
nature.
Technology – 600
Medicine Agriculture Family living
Man makes useful things
This group has books that are about man-made things.
The Arts - 700
Drawing Music Recreational &
performing arts
Man makes beautiful things
This group has books that are about man-made things.
Literature - 800
American Literature Old English Literature Literatures of Other
LanguagesMan writes
Books in this group are stories, plays, or
poetry.This is the group fiction books were put in long ago when The Dewey Decimal System was first invented.
Today we have too many fiction books in our libraries to organize them in this way, so fiction books have their own way of being organized.You know, in ABC
order, by author !
Fiction Books
Books that are make-believe, imaginary, and not true.
Non-Fiction Books
Books that are true, factual, and real –life.
Nonfiction books contain
information about different subjects -- people, places, or things. They
describe true facts about the topic being written
about. All Nonfiction books
are factual.
Geography & History - 900
Geography Biographies Ancient History
Man writes about travel, people, and events
Books in this group tell about events of the past and countries of the world.
Biography- 92Don’t forget this group. It contains books about famous people’s lives.
Knowing these big groups will help make it easier to find the books you want in the nonfiction section.
Remember, nonfiction call numbers are placed in number order first, so that means all of the books about the same subject end up near each other on the shelf.
Reference Books
Encyclopedias Atlases Almanacs Dictionaries Year Book Indexes Hand Books Non Book Materials Directories
Periodicals
Newspapers Magazines Digest Year Books
Parts of a Book
What is a Book?
A book is pages, pictures, and wordsA book is animals, people, and birds;A book is stories of queens and kings,Poems, and songs - so many things!Curled in a corner where I can hide,
With a book I can journey far and wide.Though it's only paper from end to end,
A book is a very special friend.By Lora Dunetz
Spine The spine of a book holds it together. On the spine
you will find the title of the book, the author's name, the call number, and the name of the
publishing company. Title
This is the name of the book.
AuthorThis is the name of the person who wrote the book.
Call NumberThis number tells you where the book can be found
in the library.
Publishing CompanyThis is the company that makes the book after it
has been written and illustrated.
Title Page The title page is the first page in the
book.It tells you the title of the book, who
wrote it (the author) and who drew the pictures (the illustrator). It also tells you
who published the book. TitleThis is the name of the book.
AuthorThis is the person who wrote the book.
IllustratorThis is the person who drew the illustrations or
pictures.
Publishing CompanyThis is the company that makes the book after it has
been written and illustrated.
Cover
The cover of the book protects its pages.It also tells you the title of the book and the
name of the author.
TitleThis is the name of the book.
AuthorThis is the name of the person who wrote the book.
Call Number
The call number is a group of numbers or letters that tells you where to find the
book in the library.
It may have numbers or letters. It may even have both numbers and letters.
Example : The Book of Seashells by Allen Shore has a call number
597
Sh
(Section of the library or Class Number)
(Author’s last name Shore)
Call Number
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