TY - BOOK AU - Dewey, Melvil AU - Mitchell, Joan S AU - Beall, Julianne AU - Green, Rebecca AU - Martin, Giles AU - Panzer, Michael TI - Dewey decimal classification and relative index/ SN - 9781910608814 (set: alk. paper): AV - Z696.D7 C48 1996 U1 - 025.431 23rd PY - 2011/// CY - Dublin PB - OCLC, KW - DDC KW - Classification, Dewey decimal KW - Library & Information Science KW - Dewey Decimal Classification N1 - Vol. 1- Manual, Tables. Vol. 2- Schedules 000-599 Vol. 3- Schedules 600-999 Vol. 4- Relative Index N2 - The Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) system, devised by library pioneer Melvil Dewey in the 1870s and owned by OCLC since 1988, provides a dynamic structure for the organization of library collections. Now in its 23rd edition, the DDC is the world's most widely used library classification system. The 23rd edition includes several major changes held for simultaneous publication in the print and Web versions of the DDC plus many interim updates ER -