The Making of a Classification Scheme for Libraries of Judaica

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  • David Elazar

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14263/2330-2976.1067

Keywords:

classification systems, classification, cataloging, Jewish concepts, Jewish thought, Jewish terminology

Abstract

This paper describes the history of A Classification System for Libraries of Judaica, its development, the process involved in preparing the second and third revisions, and its use in various libraries.The authors of the scheme contend that there was-and is-a need for a classification system for libraries of Judaica to classify and arrange their collections according to Jewish concepts based upon Jewish thought and terminology.

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Shimon Kanc, editor. Sefer zikaron: Otvotsk-Kartshev. Tel Aviv: Former Residents of Otvotsk-Kartshev, 1968. Source: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

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Published

2008-12-31

How to Cite

Elazar, David. 2008. “The Making of a Classification Scheme for Libraries of Judaica”. Judaica Librarianship 14 (December):15-25. https://doi.org/10.14263/2330-2976.1067.

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Vol. 14 (2008)

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Essays and Research

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