Connemara Public Library at Egmore in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, is one of the four National Depository Libraries which receive a copy of all books, newspapers and periodicals published in India.
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A library classification is a system of knowledge organization by which library resources are arranged and ordered systematically.
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Libraries in the United States generally use either the Library of Congress Classification System (LC) or the Dewey Decimal Classification System to organize their books. Most academic libraries use LC, and most public libraries and K-12 school libraries use Dewey.
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Colon Classification,
Colon Classification, system of library organization developed by the Indian librarian S.R. Ranganathan in 1933. It is general rather than specific in nature, and it can create complex or new categories through the use of facets, or colons.
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Maintenance of library material involves kinds of stacking, shelf arrangement, cleaning, shelving, stock verification and weeding of unwanted material. Binding of documents will also be discussed as it is essential for care and repair of documents for their long life.
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What's the best way care for library materials?
Return library materials in the same condition as you received them.
Let Circulation know if an item needs to be repaired.
Keep your items from getting wet.
Use a bookmark.
Keep food and drink away from your items.
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Stock verification in a library is a very important function and involves checking of books that are in stock. The stock verification in library is performed to count the number of missing books and the ones that are in circulation along with those books that exist at the library shelves.