Chinese Library Classification National library classification scheme in China
The Chinese Library Classification (CLC ; Chinese : 中国图书馆分类法 ), also known as Classification for Chinese Libraries (CCL ),[ 1] library classification scheme in China. It is used in almost all primary and secondary schools, universities, academic institutions, as well as public libraries . It is also used by publishers to classify all books published in China.
The Book Classification of Chinese Libraries (BCCL ) was first published in 1975, under the auspices of China's Administrative Bureau of Cultural Affairs. Its fourth edition (1999) was renamed CLC. In September 2010, the fifth edition was published by National Library of China Publishing House.
CLC has twenty-two top-level categories, and inherits a Marxist orientation from its earlier editions.[ 2] Marxism , Leninism , Maoism & Deng Xiaoping Theory .) It contains a total of 43600 categories, many of which are recent additions, meeting the needs of a rapidly changing nation.[ 3]
The CLC system
The 22 top categories and selected sub-categories of CLC (5th Edition) are as follows:
A1 The works of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
A2 The works of Vladimir Lenin
A3 The works of Joseph Stalin
A4 The works of Mao Zedong
A5 The symposium/collection of Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin, Mao and Deng Xiaoping
A7 The biobibliography and biography of Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin, Mao and Deng Xiaoping
A8 Study and research of Marxism, Leninism, Maoism and Deng Xiaoping theory B-4 Education and dissemination of philosophy
B-49 Learners' book and popular literature of philosophy
B0 theory of philosophy
B1 Philosophy (worldwide)
B2 Philosophy in China
B22 Pre-Qin Dynasty philosophy (~before 220 BC)
B222 The Confucian School
B3 Philosophy in Asia
B4 Philosophy in Africa
B5 Philosophy in Europe
B6 Philosophy in Australasia
B7 Philosophy in America
B8 Cognitive science
B9 Religions
C0 Social scientific theory and methodology
C1 Present and future of social sciences
C2 Organisations, groups, conferences
C3 Method of research in social sciences
C4 Education and popularization of social sciences
C5 Serials, anthologies , periodicals in social sciences
C6 Reference materials in social sciences
C7 (no longer used)
C8 Statistics in social sciences
C9 Sociology E0 Military theory
E1 Military (worldwide)
E2 Military in China
E3 Military in Asia
E4 Military in Africa
E5 Military in Europe
E6 Military in Australasia
E7 Military in America
E8 Strategies, tactics, and battles
E9 Military technology G0 Philosophy of culture
G1 Culture
G2 Knowledge transmission
G3 Science , scientific research
G4 Education
G5 Education in individual countries
G6 Education (primary, secondary, tertiary)
G7 Education (specialized)
G8 Sports I0 Literary theory
I1 Literature (worldwide)
I2 Literature in China
I3 Literature in Asia
I4 Literature in Africa
I5 Literature in Europe
I6 Literature in Australasia
I7 Literature in America
J. Art
N0 Theory and methodology
N1 Present state
N2 Organisations, groups, conferences
N3 Research methodology
N4 Education and popularization
N5 Serials, anthologies, periodicals
N6 Reference materials
N8 Field surveys
N9 Minor sciences
T. Industrial technology
V1 Research and Exploration of Aviation and Aerospace Technology
V2 Aviation
V4 Aerospace (Spaceflight )
V7 Aerospace Medicine [ 4]
Z. General works
Z1 Collectanea/generalia (book series )
Z12 Collectanea of China
Z121 General collectanea
Z121.2 Song Dynasty
Z121.3 Yuan Dynasty
Z121.4 Ming Dynasty
Z121.5 Qing Dynasty
Z121.6 Republic period
Z121.7 Modern
Z122 Collectanea of a particular locality
Z123 Collectanea by members of a particular family
Z124 Collectanea by individual writers
Z125 Collectanea of lost books
Z126 Collectanea of Chinese classics
Z13 Collectanea and book series of Asia
Z14 Book series of Africa
Z15 Book series of Europe
Z16 Book series of Oceania
Z17 Book series of America
Z2 Encyclopedias and Chinese encyclopedias (Leishu)
Z22 Chinese encyclopedias
Z221 Tang Dynasty
Z222 Song Dynasty
Z223 Yuan Dynasty
Z224 Ming Dynasty
Z225 Qing Dynasty
Z226 Republic
Z227 Modern
Z228 General popular literature
Z228.1 Children's books
Z228.2 Popular youth books
Z228.3 Elders' books
Z228.4 Women's readers
Z228.5 Men's readers
Z23 Encyclopedias of Asia
Z24 Encyclopedias of Africa
Z25 Encyclopedias of Europe
Z26 Encyclopedias of Oceania
Z27 Encyclopedias of America
Z28 Encyclopedias of a particular field
Z3 Dictionaries
Z4 Symposia , anthologies , selected works, essays
Z5 Almanac
Z6 Serials , periodicals
Z8 Catalogues, abstracts, indexes
Other classifications
The other library classifications in China are:
The other library classifications for Chinese materials outside mainland China are:
See also
References
^ "Chinese Library Classification | The CIARD R.I.N.G." ring.ciard.net . Retrieved 2020-05-11 .^ Zhang, Wenxian (2003). Classification for Chinese Libraries (CCL): Histories, accomplishments, problems and its comparisons . Journal of Educational Media & Library Sciences, vol. 41, nr. 1, p. 1-22. (PDF)^ The Standardization of Chinese Library Classification , Xiaochun Liu, Cataloging & Classification Quarterly , Volume 16, Issue 2, ISSN 0163-9374, Pub Date: 8/13/1993^ Chinese Library Classification . National Library of China Publishing. 1991. ISBN 9787501343935
External links
Official website Contemporary Classification Systems and Thesauri in China, Zhang Qiyu, Liu Xiangsheng, Wang Dongbo, 62nd IFLA General Conference - Conference Proceedings - August 25-31, 1996 Chinese Library Classification Editorial Board Abridged third (obsolete) edition of CLC (in Chinese) CLC Online (in Chinese) Research on Interoperability of Metadata in Classification Schemes-construction of automatic mapping system between CLC and DDC, Jianbo Dai, Hanqing Hou, Ling Cao, Dept. of Libr. & Inform. Sci., Nanjing Agri. Univ., Nanjing, China 210095 Construction of Knowledge Base for Automatic Indexing and Classification based on CLC, Hanqing Hou, Chunxiang Xue, Nanjing Agri. Univ., Nanjing, China 210095 An Intelligent Retrieval System for Chinese Agricultural Literature indexed by Chinese Classification System, Ping Qian, Xiaolu Su, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China East Asian Library Classification Systems , archived The Development of Authority Database in National Library of China (NLC), March 2002, Beixin Sun of NLC NLC's classification subject thesaurus database based on CLC.National Bibliographies: the Chinese Experience, 72nd IFLA Conference at Seoul in Korea, August 2006, Ben Gu of NLC An overview of the current situation of the National Bibliography and classification systems in China.A month at the Shanghai Library, November 2004, Helen Michael, University of Toronto A librarian from Canada shared her experience of working in a library of China.
