10 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT BOOK NUMBER

BOOK NUMBER : The first step in classifying the universe of books is to place each in the ultimate class to which it may belong ." ultimate class of the subject of a book -that is, the class of the smallest extension in the preferred scheme for classification.

Collection number  + Class number+ Book number  = CALL NUMBER

CLASS NUMBER MEANS:  Class is derived from the scheme adopted by the library .

• D.D.C( Dewey decimal classification)
• C.C ( colon classification )
• Library of congress classification 
• Subject classification
• Bibliographic classification
• Rider international classification

CANON OF BOOK NUMBER: Ranganathan formulated "canon of book number .According to this canon "A scheme of book classification showed include scheme for book number in order to individual the documents having the same subject as the ultimate class and to mechanize their preferred arrangement among them self. thus point where the class number is unable to individualize the books, the job is taken over by the book number.

THE FACET FORMULA FOR BOOK NUMBER PRESCRIBED BY CC.

[L] [F][Y][SN] . [V] - [S] : [C] : [EVN]

[L] Number for the language of exposition , to be taken from the schedule of language isolate.

[F] Number for the from of exposition , to be taken from the from isolate.

[Y] Number for year of publication to be taken from the chronological schedule.

[SN] Serial number begging with 1 for the second book received in the library spoted out for inclusion in the bibliography as apportionment ( the serial number is used as to distinguish between the different books belonging to the same ultimate class and also having the same language and form number.

[V] Number for the volume taken from the book itself.

[S] Number for the supplement to be taken from the book itself.

[C] number for copy ( this is a serial number the second copy wil get "1" and the third copy will get "2"

[EVN] Evaluationnumber is used for pseudo- classic pseudo classic is pedestrian work- that is . A work not fit to be treated as a classic providing associated work - such as evaluation or parodies itself

                                                              USE OF FACET

LANGUAGE FACET - the use of language facet will be required only if the books are in language , other than forward language of a library many libraries prefer to have altogether a different sequence under different language these language number will be a part of the sequence number.

FORM FACET -   the form number is got by translating the name of the form of exposition into appropriate symbols n accordance with form schedule given.

a1     systematical               
a5     alphabetical
a6     chronological
b        Index
b1      systematical
b5      alphabetical
c         list
c1      systematical
c5     alphabetical
d       data book
f        picture
f2     sculpture
f5     painting
g      plan
g3    relief
h      graph
h1    line
h6    systematic
j      parody
k     adaptation
m    catechism
n     opinion
p1   lecture
p5   debate
p7   symposium
q     code
v     practical
x   quation

EXAMPLE:  

CCN                    BN                               TOPIC

B                        111p1                    lecture on mathematics delivered in English.




YEAR FACET :  the year facet is got by translating the number of the year of publication into a apporiate symbols in accordance with the time schedule given in the schedule
A  before 1880
B  1800 to 1890
C  1890 to 1899
D 1900 to 1909
E 1910 to  1919
F 1920to  1929
G 1930 to 1939
H 1940 to 1949
J  1950 to 1959
K 1960 to 1969
L  1970 to 1979
M 1980 to 1989
N 1990 to 1999
P  2000 to 2009
Q 2010 to 2019
R 2020 to 2029
S 2030 to 2039
T 2040 to 2049
U 2050 to 2059
V 2060 to 2069
W 2070 to 2079
X 2080 to 2089
Y 2090 to 2099

EXAMPLE :

CCN              BN                 TOPIC
B                   111N21             book published in english published in 1921




ACCESSION NUMBER OR SERIAL NUMBER FACET :
some time more than one book is published on a specific subject in a particular year and are also purchased in a library.

EXAMPLE: Three books are published in 1962 with same title;

1st book    N62

2nd book   N62 1

3rd book    N62 2

VOLUME NUMBER FACET: it may happen that a work is in more than one volume .In such a case it would be desirable to design the book number of the volume in such  a way that they are all brought.
         the digit or digits thus added after the dot may be termed the volume number if the volume number consist of more than one digit it should be read as an integer and not as a decimal fraction.

EXAMPLE:   A book has 12 volumes publishes in 1992.
 1st volume   N22.1
 2nd volume  N22.2
 3rd volume   n22.3



SUPPLEMENT NUMBER FACET :
in case of a volume with supplementary volume (s) the book number (s) of the supplementary volume should consist of the books number of the correspondence main volume followed by "dash" which is itself followed by the number of the supplement in Indo- Arabic numerals:

EXAMPLE: 
Connecting symbol - 

• Guide to reference book by C.M Winchell has three supplement,

1st supplement     N95-1

2nd supplement    N95-2

3rd supplement     N95-3 

COPY NUMBER FACET :

                           the book number brought up supplement number will sufficient for arrangement of books in national international and all other forms of bibliography except library catalogue . but it may not be found sufficient for arranging the books on shelves on their main cards in the catalogue cabinat.

   The book number of the second, third etc copies of a book should consist of that of the first copy followed by semi colon and there after by the digit 1, 2 and so on.

EXAMPLE:

A book is published in 1999 and we have purchased 5 books.

1st book  N99

2nd book N99;1

3rd book N99;2

4th book N99;3

EDITION NUMBER: If a library find it helpful to bring together successive edition of one and the same ordinary book though there are changes from edition  to edition and at the same time disclose the year of publication of each of the successive edition they may all be treated as copies with the modification that the copy number may be made of the translation of the year of publication of the different edition instead of serial interge.

EVALUATION NUMBER OR CRITISM NO. FACET :

The original writer or the original classic is known as host book and other book related to book is known as associated book .

EXAMPLE:  

1. Miss mayo"s mother india published in 1927

call no                          book no                                              title

Y:4.44                        N27:g                                             unhappy INDIA by lala lajpat roy