Self-Evaluation 1

1. Classification is done in libraries because:

   a.    Each item in the library needs to have one unique address, or call number.
   

   b.    The collection is more browse-able if things are organized by topic.
   

   c.    Having a subject organization makes re-shelving easier for the library staff.
   

   d.    All of the above.

2. A complete call number is made up of:

   b.    A notation from a classification system and an author indicator.

   c.    A notation from a classification system, an author indicator, and possibly a title indicator and the date of publication.

   d.    An author indicator and the date of publication.

3. The schedules are:

    a.    Listings of known topics arranged in a classification system.

   b.    Listings that tell the cataloger what subject headings to use.

   c.    Directions for making author indicators.

   d.    The ten main classes of the Dewey Decimal System.

4. In the DDC, the tables are used to:

    a.    Add the author’s name to the notations from the schedules.

   b.    Determine whether an item is fiction or non-fiction.

   c.    Organize all knowledge into divisions of ten, one hundred, and one thousand.

   d.    Modify numbers from the schedules to create more specific notation.