2007-02-14 00:04:49 · 3 answers · asked by cassie1852002 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Is there some reason it's necessary to justify the existence of a useful think like a library catalog?
Well, it helps you find what's in the library, for one thing. This makes research easier, and also makes it less likely that material will be lost due to incorrect shelving. (That would be that whole Dewey Decimal/Library of Congress thing.)
2007-02-14 00:14:07 · answer #1 · answered by P. M 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Library catalogs exist because the early bibliophiles realized that there should be a better means on how to access information on the books they collected. Thus, different classification systems came out like that of Ranganathan, Melvel Dewey, the LOC classification system and many others. Nowadays, many and many information are stored in different media databases and expectedly if these voluminous info are not scientifically organized there is a problem on information retrieval. So, a library must have a professional information specialist which was traditionally called--a librarian. Do you have collections of reading materials? You can create your own system if you want. Discussions regarding this matter is one semester.
2007-02-14 19:32:16 · answer #2 · answered by agido 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How would one know what the library has without a catalogue?
2007-02-14 00:12:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋