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ORGANIZATION – PROCESSING OF MATERIAL
Cataloguing: The cataloguing takes place according to the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (AACR2). These are rules that are used in the creation of bibliographical documents, as well as the rendering and selecting the access points to them.
Authorities: For creating Authorities we used:
• Established Greek Subject Headings – Athens: National Library of Greece, 1991.
• Greek National Bibliography: 1989-1994 [CD-ROM] / National Library of Greece – Athens: National Book Centre of Greece, 1996.
• Archive of Established Greek Subject Headings [CD-ROM] / National Library of Greece – Athens: National Library of Greece, 2003.
In addition, the electronic catalogues of National Libraries on the Internet are used:
• Library of Congress (http://www.catalog.loc.gov/webvoy.htm)
• The British Library (http://blpc.bl.uk/)
• Bibliotheque Nationale de France (http://bnf.fr)
• Deutsche National Bibliothek (http://z3950gw.dbf.ddb.de)
• National Library of Greece (http://www.nlg.gr)
Classification: The classification of books takes place in accordance with the International System DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION.
The tem main categories of classification according to DEWEY are:
000 General
100 Philosophy & Psychology
200 Religion
300 Social Sciences
400 Language
500 Sciences & Mathematics
600 Applied Sciences (Technology)
700 Fine Arts
800 Literature & Rhetoric
900 Geography & History
Particularly for Hellenic history we have used the 2nd edition of DEWEY Decimal Classification: Hellenic history / translation, development, editorship Kary Litsa, Roxani Fessa, Klairi Lentari – Athens: Association of Greek Librarians and Information Scientists, 1986.
Respectively for Hellenic literature we have used the publication: DEWEY Decimal Classification: Hellenic literature / development, processing, indexes Kir. Delopoulos – Athens: Association of Greek Librarians and Information Scientists, 1990.
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