Dissertations / Theses on the topic '[Universal Decimal Classification]'

The authors presents a tool developed by the Dutch company Magna View that enables the visual representation of the content of the UDC Master Reference File (UDC MRF). The tool contains a pre-processed UDC MRF and allows visualization of, for instance, hierarchy levels, number of classes within a hierarchy and provides an overview of UDC number distribution across all fields of knowledge. The tool is aimed at users and developers who work with and utilize the UDC MRF and can benefit from different kinds of classification data representation.

The paper describes the use of Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) in the library of the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETH-Zürich). The author explains characteristics of a subject authority index, the NEBIS Subject Index (NSI), through which the UDC is implemented for indexing and searching. The ETH library has been using the UDC for the past twenty-five years and most users hardly ever noticed the classification. A query in today's NEBIS-OPAC (formerly called ETHICS) is based on a verbal search with descriptors in German, English and French, and corresponding related search-terms. A single UDC number, linked to these descriptors, connects them to the related document-titles, regardless of the language. Thus the user actually works with the UDC, without realizing it. This paper describes the experience with this OPAC and the work behind it.

Aida Slavic aus London berichtete über den derzeitigen Stand bei der Universalen Dezimalklassifikation UDK. Wobei sie einerseits auf die erreichte Qualität und Moder­nität des alten Systems eingeht und andererseits die erreichte Organisationsstruktur im Rahmen des UDC-Konsortiums schildert. Insbesondere zu beklagen ist nach wie vor, dass im deutschsprachigen Raum seit dem Ausscheiden der beiden Normungs­institute DIN und ÖNORM aus der UDK-Gestaltung sich keine Nachfolgestruktur zur Weiterführung der UDK gefunden hat.

In the Internet information space, advanced information retrieval (IR) methods and automatic text processing are used in conjunction with traditional knowledge organization systems (KOS). New information technology provides a platform for better KOS publishing, exploitation and sharing both for human and machine use. Networked KOS services are now being planned and developed as powerful tools for resource discovery. They will enable automatic contextualisation, interpretation and query matching to different indexing languages. The Semantic Web promises to be an environment in which the quality of semantic relationships in bibliographic classification systems can be fully exploited. Their use in the networked environment is, however, limited by the fact that they are not prepared or made available for advanced machine processing. The UDC was chosen for this research because of its widespread use and its long-term presence in online information retrieval systems. It was also the first system to be used for the automatic classification of Internet resources, and the first to be made available as a classification tool on the Web. The objective of this research is to establish the advantages of using UDC for information retrieval in a networked environment, to highlight the problems of automation and classification exchange, and to offer possible solutions. The first research question was is there enough evidence of the use of classification on the Internet to justify further development with this particular environment in mind? The second question is what are the automation requirements for the full exploitation of UDC and its exchange? The third question is which areas are in need of improvement and what specific recommendations can be made for implementing the UDC in a networked environment? A summary of changes required in the management and development of the UDC to facilitate its full adaptation for future use is drawn from this analysis.

The African Studies Centre (ASC) Leiden is an independent foundation associated with Leiden University. Its aims are to undertake research on Africa in the social sciences, to maintain a specialist library and documentation department, and to facilitate the dissemination of information on Africa. The library houses a broad-based collection in the field of the social sciences and the humanities, the only collection in the Netherlands focusing entirely on Africa. Current holdings include some 75,000 books, 2,000 periodicals, of which almost 600 are current subscriptions, about 1,000 documentaries and feature films, and a growing digital collection. Approximately half the holdings are English, about a third French, and the remainder is divided between German, Dutch, Afrikaans, Portuguese and Spanish. Between 2000 and 2006, the library carried out a project to improve subject access to the ASC collection by building an African Studies Thesaurus and converting all subject codes used until then into thesaurus descriptors.

UDC Summary (udcS) is a selection of around 2,000 UDC numbers intended for free use, training and research of the UDC, and is published as an online database at http://www.udcc.org/ udcsummary/php/index.php. This is the first time in the UDC’s history that the scheme has been made available to any extent for free use in so many languages as a single service. By the end of 2009, this abridged scheme was available in 13 languages and at the time of writing this report there are already over 20 languages online. The UDC Summary is available in languages in which the UDC has never been translated before such as Armenian, Greek, and Hindi.

The International UDC Seminar 2009 “Classification at a Crossroads - multiple directions to usability” took place in the Koninklijke Bibliotheek in The Hague on 29-30 October 2009. It was a truly international event as it attracted 135 delegates from 32 countries comprising librarians, LIS lecturers, researchers, information consultants, Web technologists and indexing specialists.

The paper explores two possible solutions for integrating a thesaurus and a classification scheme, specifically UDC, in order to develop a common platform for subject information retrieval through both systems. The author reports and compares experiences from two Hungarian projects aimed at creating a complex system for combining UDC and thesauri under a homogeneous theoretical framework: MÁTrIkSz (Hungarian Comprehensive Information Retrieval Language Dictionary) and the project of thesaurus construction and implementation in the Hungarian National Library (Széchényi). The role of UDC in these two projects is analyzed with respect to the features supported, classification-based retrieval functionalities, and the perceived advantages in subject access and knowledge organization. The author explains the methodology of her research based on an examination of structured and well-documented examples and literature research into the theory of UDC and its use. The paper underlines the importance of cognition as the basis for concept-building and points out some possibilities and expedients for the integration of thesauri and the UDC.

Os museus podem, hoje, ser caracterizados por dois paradigmas: o tradicional e o contemporâneo, que influenciam as atividades de pesquisa, documentação e exposição. Observa-se a existência de diversas tipologias e novos modelos de museus. Contudo, a maneira de se fazer e comunicar ciência também está mudando, de um fazer regido pela especialização e fragmentação para um fazer investigativo, governado pela ―mistura‖ a partir das relações disciplinares e da contextualização do conhecimento. Hoje em relação ao conhecimento científico temos de um lado os saberes divididos em disciplinas e de outro a realidade e problemas cada vez mais globais e multidisciplinares. O Museu da UFRGS caracteriza-se por ser um museu Universitário, mas que não abrange em seu espaço físico laboratórios de pesquisas acadêmicas e científicas. Com isso, o objetivo deste estudo é observar como ocorre a transposição da classificação do conhecimento das linhas de pesquisa do Departamento de Astronomia da UFRGS (DepAstro), em uma esfera de produção, para a classificação do conhecimento da exposição "Em Casa, no Universo" do Museu da UFRGS, em uma esfera de comunicação. A presente pesquisa se constitui em um estudo de caso com abordagem qualitativa, realizada através de entrevistas, análise documental, observação, indexação e classificação. Para análise dos dados se utilizou a Classificação Decimal Universal - CDU - nas temáticas das linhas de pesquisa e na exposição. Como considerações finais da pesquisa destacam-se as relações disciplinares existentes nas instâncias de produção e de comunicação do conhecimento por meio de três graus: inter, trans e multidisciplinar. A esfera de comunicação do saber apresentou um número maior de relações disciplinares comparado com a esfera de produção A dissertação apresenta a CDU como uma proposta metodológica para estudos bibliométricos e cienciométricos para Ciência da Informação.
Nowadays, museums may be characterized by two paradigms: traditional and contemporary, with research, documentation and exhibition activities being influenced by those two models. However, the way science is made and communicated is also changing, ie, from a specialized, fragmented practice toward an investigative practice, reigned by the "mix" of disciplinary relations and knowledge contextualization. The aim of this study is to observe how occurs the transposition from the knowledge classification of the UFRGS's Astronomy Department research lines, in a production sphere, to the knowledge classification of the UFRGS's Museum "At Home, in the Universe" exhibition, in a communication sphere. This research is a case study with qualitative approach, made by means of interviews, document analysis, observing, indexing and classification. The Universal Decimal Classification — UDC — was used for data analysis in the research lines' themes ad in the exhibition. As final considerations, this work points to the existing disciplinary relations in knowledge production and communication, in three levels: inter, trans and multidisciplinary. It also presents the UDC as a methodology for bibliometric and scientometric studies.

The Round Table UDC Editorial Perspectives was a one-day meeting for members of the UDC Editorial Team and the UDC Advisory Board organized in The Hague on 28 October 2009 in conjunction with the UDC Seminar 2009 “Classification at a Crossroads: Multiple Directions to Usability”. The meeting was instigated as part of the UDC Consortium efforts to build closer cooperation with UDC specialists and editors of national editions worldwide and to encourage more active involvement and communication between members of the wider UDC editorial team. This was the first face-to-face meeting of the UDC collaborators to which all members of the Advisory Board, the Editorial Team and interested observers were invited to participate.

Eine Literaturliste mit in 2008 publizierten DDC- und UDK/UDC-Arbeiten und sonstigen Abhandlungen im klassifikatorischen Umfeld wurde vorgestellt und verteilt. Ankündigung der kommenden Veranstaltungen: ein UDCC International Seminar – Classification at a crossroads – new directions of usability wird in den Haag am 28.10.2009 stattfinden.

Abgerundet wurde die Thematik durch Berichte aus Bibliotheken, so der ETH-Bibliothek, Zürich. Jiri Pika berichtet von Nutzer-Anforderungen und den Versuchen der Bibliothekare, diese z.B. durch Einsatz von Klassifikation zu erfüllen.

Bei der Jahresveranstaltung der Arbeitsgruppe für 2005 gab zunächst Dr. Bernd Lorenz (Fachhochschule für Öffentliche Verwaltung und Rechtspflege, München) einen Überblick zur Arbeit und Entwicklung des abgelaufenen Jahres.

Das Original-Dokument wurde in das Format pdf umgewandelt. Bei der Jahresveranstaltung der Arbeitsgruppe für 2005 gab zunächst Dr. Bernd Lorenz (Fachhochschule für Öffentliche Verwaltung und Rechtspflege, München) einen Überblick zur Arbeit und Entwicklung des abgelaufenen Jahres.

Die Arbeitsgruppe Bibliotheken (AG BIB) gestaltete wie gewohnt zwei volle Verhandlungstage – wieder gemeinsam mit der AG Dezimalklassifikationen. Organisatorisch ist zu berichten, daß die Arbeitsgemeinschaft sich nunmehr eine Struktur innerhalb der GfKl verordnet hat mit einem gewählten Vorsitzenden (Hermes). Nach wie vor geht es den Bibliothekaren aber um inhaltliche Arbeit im Sinne des bibliothekarischen Beitrags zur Festschrift der GfKl von 2001: “Neues hat Vorrang”. Des weiteren sei dem nachfolgenden Tagungsbericht vorangestellt, daß die Langfassungen der Magdeburger Referate wiederum auf den Archivserver MONARCH der Technischen Universität Chemnitz aufgespielt werden. Die einzelnen Beiträge können über die Adresse MONARCH – http://archiv.tu-chemnitz.de/ -erreicht werden oder über Suchmaschinen, die über die Eingabe von Autornamen und/oder Titelwörtern schnellstens zum gewünschten Ziel führen. Inhaltlich hatte sich die AG BIB in den zurückliegenden Jahrestagungen überwiegend den Fragestellungen nach elementaren Sachverhalten in der Inhaltserschließung (Cottbus, Dortmund) zugewandt mit der Konzentration bspsw. auf das Controlling von bibliothekarischen Funktionen. Nach der Abarbeitung dieses Feldes war nunmehr das – kontrastierende - Bedürfnis entstanden zur globalen Betrachtung unseres Arbeitsfeldes. Gefragt war in Magdeburg vor allem die “Draufsicht” auf die Informationslandschaft.

The article has been reviewed and accepted for publication in the Journal of Documentation
This is a preprint to be published in Journal of Documentation. Purpose - A general overview with up-to-date information on UDC use worldwide. Design/methodology/approach - The research combined e-mail interviews with LIS professionals in 208 countries, literature research and information obtained from UDC distributors/publishers (AENOR, BSI, UDC Consortium). The following categorization of UDC use was offered: A - dominant system; B - used in some kind of libraries only; or C - rarely used. Findings - Of the 208 countries contacted and researched through the literature in 2004-2006, the UDC was found to be used in 124 (60%) of the countries. In 34 (28%) of the countries researched (in Europe, Asia and Africa), UDC is the main classification system used across national information networks. In 45 (36%) of the countries it is used in certain kinds of libraries. In the remaining 45 (36%) of the countries it is used rarely, in only a few libraries or information centres. Research limitations/implications - It was beyond the scope of this research to provide any information regarding the actual number of institutions using UDC in a given country or to give an estimate of the size and number of document collections organized by it. Although a decline in UDC use since the 1980s was reported from a number of countries, it was not possible to measure this accurately. Practical implications: The interest shown for using UDC in the organization of digital collections, information exchange and cross domain and cross collection resource discovery depends on accurate knowledge of its actual usage worldwide. This gives a measure of its global importance and verifies its credentials as an indexing standard. This research, which attempted wider and more systematic coverage than previous surveys, should help clarify the status of UDC and its potential use in the networked environment. Originality/value - Up-to-date information on the presence of the UDC system across countries and languages. Paper type: Research paper

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This is an English translation of the article published in Vjesnik bibliotekara Hrvatske (Croatian Library Journal). The paper reports on a pilot study observing the level to which library classification, Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) specifically, is exploited in searching and browsing library OPACs. The study was conducted in 2004-2005. A selection of 30 Web OPACs using UDC from 22 countries were observed. The OPACs were representative of 5 in-house and 10 vendor library systems. Interface areas examined were: UDC access points, searching, browsing and display. In total, 23 designated interface functionalities were identified. From these observations, it transpires that there is a great discrepancy in the number of functions available, ranging from two to sixteen. The majority (87%) of OPACs have between seven and sixteen UDC related access points and functions enabled. Only four out of thirty catalogues offer top/down systematic browsing (i.e. knowledge area browsing), and only fourteen catalogues have a classification number in the bibliographic description hyperlinked to allow access to other titles in the same class. The study shows that Web OPACs offer different selections and a different number of functions in supporting searching or browsing UDC - even if libraries use the same vendor system. This study is only a pilot and does not analyse the differences between interface options in relation to the 'strength' of library systems and does not rank them according to their importance in IR. However, the study provides an insight into this, usually neglected, segment of library OPACs and establishes a framework for further research. At this stage the research does not include analysis of classification authority data on which the searching and browsing is based. Further research is planned to shed more light on IR specific functions and their relation to authority control and library systems.

The paper highlights some aspects of the UDC management policy for 2007 and onwards. Following an overview of the long history of modernization of the classification, which started in the 1960s and has influenced the scheme's revision and development since 1990, major changes and policies from the recent history of the UDC revision are summarized. The perspective of the new editorial team, established in 2007, is presented. The new policy focuses on the improved organization and efficiency of editorial work and the improvement of UDC products.

Dissertação de Mestrado em Ciência da Informação apresentada à Faculdade de Letras
A Classificação Decimal Universal nasceu para organizar por assunto um extenso repertório bibliográfico. É uma linguagem classificatória alfanumérica que tem como objetivo descrever sinteticamente o conteúdo dos documentos. Faz a correspondência entre uma notação numérica a um conceito abrangente. É utilizada para a organização física de coleções em bibliotecas como também para a sua inventariação em catálogos sistemáticos. Este estudo propõe-se identificar e analisar a aplicação dos auxiliares comuns de forma (03), (031) e (038) presentes na Classificação Decimal Universal, na Biblioteca Geral da Universidade de Coimbra e na Biblioteca Municipal de Coimbra. Para cumprir este objetivo optou-se por uma abordagem qualitativa com base num estudo exploratório. Foi efetuada uma revisão da literatura sobre as classificações bibliográficas, a Classificação Decimal Universal e os auxiliares presentes na CDU, mais precisamente os auxiliares comuns de forma (03), (031) e (038). Conclui-se que a utilização dos auxiliares de forma é diferente nas duas bibliotecas, pois possuem públicos diferentes. A Biblioteca Geral da Universidade de Coimbra utiliza sistematicamente os auxiliares estudados, sendo as suas notações mais extensas, uma vez que possui um perfil de utilizador muito específico e homogéneo. A Biblioteca Municipal de Coimbra utiliza menos os auxiliares de forma, pois sendo uma biblioteca aberta a toda a comunidade e tem os seus fundos em livre acesso classificados pela Classificação Decimal Universal, arrumadas pelo assunto principal.
The Universal Decimal Classification is a scheme of classification created with the purpose of organizingand arrange all kinds of recorded knowledge. It is an alphanumeric classification language that aims tosynthetically describe the content of documents, it matches a numeric notation to a broad conceptand, as it has been said above, it is used for the physical organization of library collections as well asfor their inventory in systematic catalogues.This study intends to identify and analyze the application of common auxiliaries of form of the UDC,namely (03), (031) and (038), and its use in the Biblioteca Geral da Universidade de Coimbra and in theBiblioteca Municipal de Coimbra.In order to achieve this goal, it was chosen a qualitative approach based on an exploratory study, itwas also made a literature review on bibliographic classifications mainly on the Universal DecimalClassification and its common auxiliaries, more precisely the common auxiliaries of form.In conclusion, it became evident that the use of the common auxiliaries of form is different in bothlibraries, since they have distinct audiences as well as structures. While the BGUC systematically usesthe studied common auxiliaries, which makes their notations more extensive, the BM Coimbra makesless use of them. One notices that this as to due, mainly, with their audience profile, very specific andhomogeneous in BGUC and more heterogeneous in BM Coimbra, but also with their structure and theway the audience reaches information.

Orientação: Gisélia Felício
O aspecto fulcral desta dissertação centra-se-à volta do desafio de procurar facilitar o acesso à informação contida na base de dados bibliográfica da Biblioteca Universitária João Paulo II (BUJPII) da Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP) cujo conteúdo temático tem sido até agora representado pela Classificação Decimal Universal (CDU), linguagem documental pouco acessível a grande parte dos nossos utilizadores, na sua maioria estudantes universitários que a consideram um instrumento de pesquisa pouco amigável porque estão muito pouco ou nada familiarizados com este tipo de classificação numérica preferindo o uso de palavras-chave no acesso ao conteúdo temático das obras. Com este objectivo em vista, propusemo-nos levar a cabo este trabalho de investigação fazendo a harmonização (correspondência) entre as notações da CDU, usada na classificação da colecção de fundos da BUJPII e uma lista simplificada de Cabeçalhos de Assunto da Biblioteca do Congresso, com o propósito de iniciar um processo de atribuição de cabeçalhos de assunto, mapeados a partir das notações da CDU, a parte dos referidos fundos, cuja recuperação de conteúdo tem sido feita até agora através da Classificação Decimal Universal. O estudo incidiu experimentalmente numa amostragem de monografias de áreas não indexadas mas já classificadas, cujos registos bibliográficos se encontram na base de dados da Biblioteca Universitária João Paulo II. O projecto consistiu na atribuição de cabeçalhos de assunto, traduzidos manualmente para português a partir da lista em inglês dos Cabeçalhos de Assunto da Biblioteca do Congresso (LCSH). Procurou-se que estivessem semanticamente tão próximos quanto possível dos assuntos que correspondiam às notações da Classificação Decimal Universal (CDU) com as quais as monografias tinham sido anteriormente classificadas. O trabalho foi primeiro elaborado de forma manual e depois “carregado” no software Horizon, dado ser este o sistema informático de gestão integrada em uso na Biblioteca Universitária João Paulo II, sendo o objectivo futuro a indexação de todas as áreas do seu acervo bibliográfico, como forma complementar privilegiada no acesso à informação.
The main issue of this investigation is geared towards the need to facilitate the information retrieval contained in the book collection of the Catholic University’s Library John Paul II. The access has until now been made by means of bibliographic classification with Universal Decimal Classification (UDC). The users, mainly undergraduate students, are not familiar with the classification tables and avoid searching with UDC, preferring keywords when they search, which leads to a high number of false hits in the results. Bearing in mind with the idea of providing the users with a better and simplified searching instrument, which could improve the precision of retrieval, it was decided to work on a controlled vocabulary by means of matching the UDC notations with less complex subject headings compiled from the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH). The study was done by using bibliographic records that were already classified from the library’s online catalogue.

Orientação: Gisélia Maria Martins Felício
Este trabalho de investigação apresenta um estudo de caso sobre a eficácia da implementação da Classificação Decimal Universal (CDU) nas Bibliotecas Escolares (BE) do 1.º Ciclo do distrito de Lisboa, que servem tanto os alunos do 1.º Ciclo como do Pré-escolar, na faixa etária dos 3 aos 6 anos, sobre os quais assenta esta investigação. As BE do 1.º Ciclo estão integradas no Programa da Rede de Bibliotecas Escolares (RBE) e são, atualmente, bibliotecas bem equipadas, modernas e com fundos documentais atualizados, diversificados e adequados ao número de alunos, satisfazendo as necessidades e a curiosidade dos seus utilizadores. Souberam corresponder aos propósitos deste Programa, lançado em 1996, e que sob orientações internacionais emanadas da IFLA2 e da IASL3, colocaram as BE ao nível das suas congéneres europeias. Através do processo de candidatura, mais de 2000 BE de todo o sistema de ensino público são apoiadas pela RBE. As BE do 1.º Ciclo usufruem, ainda de apoio ao nível do tratamento documental, das Bibliotecas Municipais através do Serviço de Apoio às Bibliotecas Escolares (SABE) que, na sua generalidade utiliza a CDU - assente na divisão das áreas do conhecimento em dez classes (0 a 9), correspondentes a 10 grandes áreas do conhecimento. Verificamos tratar-se da classificação mais utilizada nas Bibliotecas Escolares, embora não sendo imposta pela RBE. Usam-na como classificação mas também como cota para identificar os documentos em estante. No entanto, a CDU apresenta-se, em cada uma destas BE, com adaptações (cores, símbolos), o que deixa transparecer que a utilização desta classificação, enquanto cota, não é suficientemente clara em si mesma, para que possa ser compreendida especialmente pelos utilizadores das BE objeto deste estudo de caso, que têm idades compreendidas entre os 3 e os 10 anos. Para análise desta situação, efetuada em 16 Bibliotecas Municipais, foi utilizado um inquérito por questionário, lançado aos serviços SABE correspondentes.Conclui-se que a CDU é utilizada, enquanto cota, em 80% das BE do 1.º Ciclo do distrito de Lisboa e que todas recorrem a adaptações, sendo a mais utilizada a de código cromático, o que demonstra que a CDU em si mesma não responde às necessidades/perfil dos utilizadores da faixa etária em análise.
This research work presents a study case, about the efficiency of the implementation of the Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) in school libraries in grammar schools (from first to fourth grade) in the Lisbon district. The school libraries analyzed, are not also used by grammar students, but also by preschool children (age three to six). The school libraries here studied, are integrated in the national network of school libraries (RBE) and are, nowadays, well equipped, modern and with a large range of recent documentation, which are diversified and adequate for the number and age of students who use them. They fulfill the necessities and curiosity of its users. Our school libraries have known how to comply with the purposes of this program, launched in 1996, which under international guidance by the IFLA and IASL, have put our school libraries to the level of other European school libraries. Through a candidature process, more than 2000 public school libraries are supported by the RBE. The School libraries of Grammar schools have, furthermore the support of the Public Libraries of each Town or District. These Public Libraries support school libraries trough a service and office called SABE, that uses, generally the same UDC, a division of knowledge divided into ten classes (0 to 9), which correspond to ten vast areas of knowledge. We verified that this division of knowledge is used by the majority of school libraries, even though the system is not imposed by the RBE. The same system/designation is also used to identify documents which are available on bookshelves. In spite of the fact mentioned before, the UDC can differ in each school library in some variations (colour, symbols), what makes evidence that the system itself is quite probably, as a designation for documents, not clear enough for the user of school libraries, children, who are between 3 and 10. To analyze this situation, in 16 different Public Libraries, was used a inquire trough questionnaire, given to the 16 corresponding SABE services. We can conclude that the CDU is used, while book designation/quote, in 80% of Grammar school libraries of the Lisbon district. All schools analyzed use adaptations, using mostly chromatic codes, what from our point of view, only shows that the CDU itself, does not respond to the needs and the profile of the users of the school libraries in question.

Trabalho de Projeto do Mestrado em Ciência da Informação apresentado à Faculdade de Letras
Este estudo procura dar a conhecer os processos envolvidos no trabalho de projeto realizado nos Serviços de Biblioteca e Documentação da Faculdade de Letra da Universidade de Coimbra (de agora em diante, SBD-FLUC), no âmbito do Mestrado de Ciência da Informação. O objetivo principal consiste em apresentar a parte teórica e prática do exercício de um profissional de informação, mais concretamente, de um bibliotecário, bem como apresentar os serviços disponibilizados por esta biblioteca aos seus utilizadores. Tem como particularidade apresentar uma dupla visão: a do serviço prestado pelos profissionais aos utilizadores e a visão como utilizador dos SBD-FLUC. Para este trabalho, apoiámo-nos nos ensinamentos teóricos aprendidos na Licenciatura e no Mestrado em Ciência da Informação, bem como nas atividades que desenvolvemos no trabalho de projeto realizado nos SBD-FLUC. Na parte teórica deste trabalho apresentamos um dos instrumentos de classificação, mais em específico, a Classificação Decimal Universal, descrevendo os seus conteúdos, tais como estrutura, sinais/signos, auxiliares comuns gerais e tabelas principais. Apresentamos, ainda, outros Sistemas de Classificação e os tipos de Linguagem Documental como pontos que iremos descrever na parte teórica deste trabalho projeto.A parte prática é a explicação das atividades desenvolvidas nos SBD-FLUC, em que trabalhámos com um Software de catalogação, o Millennium — a principal ferramenta utilizada nas bibliotecas da Universidade de Coimbra —, e com os instrumentos de classificação como as duas versões da CDU (1990 e 2005). E sobretudo, a introdução da cota com base na Tabela Pha um instrumento que complementa a notação atribuída a um exemplar, tornando-o assim ainda mais específico em relação ao assunto, para que a arrumação seja mais exata.Os principais resultados obtidos com este trabalho projeto foram, numa perspetiva pessoal, bastante satisfatórios, pois toda a aprendizagem quer prática quer teórica resultou numa melhor consolidação dos conteúdos já anteriormente estudados. A revisão dos conteúdos teóricos relativos aos Sistemas de Classificação, como a Classificação Decimal Universal, são exemplos de como toda a parte teórica foi importante neste trabalho projeto. O resultado foi a arrumação, por assunto das obras da sala da Biblioteca de Tradução (mais de 1000) com base na notação do registo bibliográficos, nas orientações de arrumação definidas e na Tabela Pha. Também foi verificada a classificação de cada obra e, sendo necessário, corrigida ou introduzida de novo.O trabalho projeto foi concluído tendo sido atingido os seus objetivos.
In this project, we seek to describe the project work we participated in promoted by the Library and Information Services of Faculty of Arts and Humanities of University of Coimbra for the Master degree in Information Science. With this in mind, the aim of this thesis is to present both the theoretical and practical aspects of the role of an Information Science professional, specifically a librarian, as well as all the services provided by this library for the users. It sets itself apart by having two perspectives: that of the work done by a professional for the users and the one of the user of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities Library. I based this thesis in the theoretical knowledge I accumulated throughout the course, as well as the practical work we performed in the internship.In the theoretical part, we explain the Universal Decimal Classification, emphasizing its structure, signs, common auxiliaries and main tables. The Classification Systems, the Bibliographic Classification, the ISBD norm and Documental Language are some of the topics we will cover.The practical segment of this project work is the explanation of the activities performed in SBD-FLUC, in which we worked with a cataloguing Software called Millennium — the main tool used in the Libraries of the University of Coimbra —, and with classification tools, such as the two versions of CDU (1990 and 2005). This part of the project work further revolved around the introduction the use of shelf mark (“cotas”) based on the Pha Table — a tool that completes the notation assigned to a monograph, making it even more specific in regards to the subject, for a more accurate shelving.From a personal point of view, the main results obtained from this project work were rather satisfactory, being that all the learning both practical and theoretical resulted in consolidation of the subjects previously studied. The review of the theoretical contents related to the Classification Systems, such as the CDU, are examples of how the theoretical component was important in this project work. This resulted in the shelving, by subject, of the monographs of the Translate Library Room (over 1000), using the notation of the bibliographical record, the shelving guidelines and the Pha Table. Furthermore, the classification of each monograph was checked and corrected or reintroduced, if deemed necessary.The project work was concluded, with every goal being accomplished.

Die Arbeitsgruppe Bibliotheken (AG BIB) gestaltete wie gewohnt zwei volle Verhandlungstage – wieder gemeinsam mit der AG Dezimalklassifikationen. Organisatorisch ist zu berichten, daß die Arbeitsgemeinschaft sich nunmehr eine Struktur innerhalb der GfKl verordnet hat mit einem gewählten Vorsitzenden (Hermes). Nach wie vor geht es den Bibliothekaren aber um inhaltliche Arbeit im Sinne des bibliothekarischen Beitrags zur Festschrift der GfKl von 2001: “Neues hat Vorrang”. Des weiteren sei dem nachfolgenden Tagungsbericht vorangestellt, daß die Langfassungen der Magdeburger Referate wiederum auf den Archivserver MONARCH der Technischen Universität Chemnitz aufgespielt werden. Die einzelnen Beiträge können über die Adresse MONARCH – http://archiv.tu-chemnitz.de/ -erreicht werden oder über Suchmaschinen, die über die Eingabe von Autornamen und/oder Titelwörtern schnellstens zum gewünschten Ziel führen. Inhaltlich hatte sich die AG BIB in den zurückliegenden Jahrestagungen überwiegend den Fragestellungen nach elementaren Sachverhalten in der Inhaltserschließung (Cottbus, Dortmund) zugewandt mit der Konzentration bspsw. auf das Controlling von bibliothekarischen Funktionen. Nach der Abarbeitung dieses Feldes war nunmehr das – kontrastierende - Bedürfnis entstanden zur globalen Betrachtung unseres Arbeitsfeldes. Gefragt war in Magdeburg vor allem die “Draufsicht” auf die Informationslandschaft.