ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY, ISLAMABAD
(Department of Library and Information Sciences)
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Course & Code: Classification: Theory and Practice (5503) Semester: Spring, 2017
Level: MLIS
Note:
Total Marks: 100
Pass Marks: 40
Students at postgraduate level are expected to use multiple sources in
solving this assignment. All questions carry equal marks.
Assignment No. 1
(Units: 1-5)
Q.1
Q.2
Q.3
Q.4
Q.5.
Define Classification. Differentiate classification, knowledge classification, book
classification, ontology, folksonomy, and taxonomy with examples.
How are contents in a digital library classified? Give relevant examples to
support your answer.
Explain the advantages and disadvantages of library classification schemes. Give
a cross comparison among DDC, UDC and LCC schemes.
What is DDC system? Compare changes in DDC 20, 21, 22, and 23 editions.
What are weaknesses in DDC system with regard to Pakistani subjects? How did
Pakistani LIS experts address these weaknesses?
Assignment No. 2
(Units 6–9)
Q.1 Assign DDC classification numbers and Sears List subject headings to the
following phrases.
1.
Socio-economic status of Asians
2.
Conscious mental processes in adults
3.
Political situation in Middle East
4.
Foreign policy of China
5.
Fiction from the French Revolution
6.
Philosophy and theory of law
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20.
Q.2.
Q.3
Medical physiology
Drug interaction and management
Spanish language readers
Statistics in social sciences
Science museums
History of statistical mathematics
Islam in USA
Domestic cats in Scandinavia
Architecture of large private dwellings in Fiji
Danish drama, 1945-1999
Spanish fiction, 1856-1899
Human anatomy
Biochemistry
Physical chemistry
Assign DDC classification numbers and Sears List subject headings to the
following phrases.
1.
Encyclopaedia of Islamic philosophy
2.
Psychology of taste
3.
Education and research in English as a second language in China
4.
Concordance of the Holy Quran
5.
Burmese men in UK
6.
River Sind: a short history
7.
International fellowships in higher education
8.
Coal mining in Sindh
9.
Folk heritage of KPK
10.
Science standards
11.
An account of Australian fine arts in 1985.
12.
Foreign political relations between American Samoa and South Indian
Ocean isolated islands
13.
Urdu discourse analysis
14.
Research methodology for neurotransmitter receptors in humans
15.
Government employees' health insurance in Canadian northern territories
16.
A collection of English literature by residents of Lord Howe Island
17.
Safari lodges for travellers
18.
Propulsion wheel technologies in ships
19.
Human ENT diseases: A surgical manual.
20.
Critical appraisal of literature for Roman Catholic girls in America
Assign suitable topics to the following DDC numbers?
1.
895.60809528
2.
305.235095491091732
3.
230.089963910948
4.
327.892201765
5.
915.49604
6.
809.19364
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7.
8.
9.
10.
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20.
458.646102462
914.20618612
495.1341
337.69909614
306.0899712071
796.3550993091733
181.091612110148
636.3142
502.72
820.80994
920.009034
828.993322
439.82509
657.014
Q.4. Convert the topics found in Q.3 above into Sears List subject headings.
Q.5. Assign DDC classification numbers and Sears List subject headings to the
following phrases.
1.
History of Urdu grammar
2.
Myofascial pain syndromes: Physio therapy
3.
Instruction and study of music for juveniles in New Zealand
4.
Exercises on Dewey Decimal Classification
5.
20th century travels in the Mount Everest area of Nepal
6.
Collection of Japanese-language literature by residents of Hokkaido
7.
Farsi Discourse analysis
8.
Khmer (Cambodian) poetry by a 20th-century author
9.
IBM’s Predictive Analytics Software (PASW)
10.
Afro-Americans’ religion in United States
11.
Urban youth in developing countries
12.
Jewish scientists in Rwanda
13.
Synagogue as a social institution
14.
Language policy of Zaire
15.
General biography of 19th century
16.
Nutritionally induced diseases
17.
Allama Iqbal: biography
18.
Allama Iqbal Open University
19.
Public opinion on National Health Service program of Peru
20.
Drama in English by a 20th-century New Zealand author
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