Tugas UDC
Anom S,0706291520
he Universal Decimal Classification is a system of library classification developed by
the Belgian bibliographers Paul Otlet and Henri la Fontaine at the end of the 19th
century. It is based on the Dewey Decimal Classification, but uses auxiliary signs to
indicate various special aspects of a subject and relationships between subjects. It thus
contains a significant faceted or analytico-synthetic element, and is used especially in
specialist libraries. UDC has been modified and extended over many years to cope with
the increasing output in all disciplines of human knowledge, and is still under
continuous review to take account of new developments.
The documents classified by UDC may be in any form. They will often be literature, i.e.
written documents, but may also be in other media such as films, video and sound
recordings, illustrations, maps, and realia such as museum pieces.
UDC classifications use Hindu-Arabic numerals and are based on the decimal system.
Every number is thought of as a decimal fraction with the initial decimal point omitted,
which determines filing order. For ease of reading, a UDC identifier is usually
punctuated after every third digit. Thus, after 61 "Medical sciences" come the
subdivisions 611 to 619; under 611 "Anatomy" come its subdivisions 611.1 to 611.9;
under 611.1 come all of its subdivisions before 611.2 occurs, and so on; after 619 comes
620. An advantage of this system is that it is infinitely extensible, and when new
subdivisions are introduced, they need not disturb the existing allocation of numbers.
The main categories:
• 0 generalities
• 1 philosophy, psychology
• 2 religion, theology
• 3 social sciences
• 4 vacant
• 5 natural sciences
• 6 technology
• 7 the arts
• 8 language, linguistics, literature
• 9 geography, biography, history
A document may be classified under a combination of different categories through the
use of additional symbols. For example:
+ plus addition e.g. 59+636 zoology and animal breeding
e.g. 592/599 Systematic zoology (everything from 592
/ stroke extension
to 599 inclusive)
: colon relation e.g. 17:7 Relation of ethics to art
e.g. 31:[622+669](485) statistics of mining and
square algebraic
[] metallurgy in Sweden (the auxiliary qualifies 622+669
brackets subgrouping
considered as a unit)
= equals language e.g. =20 in English; 59=20 Zoology, in English
The design of UDC lends itself to machine readability, and the system has been used
both with early automatic mechanical sorting devices, and modern library OPACs. A
core version of UDC, with 65,000 subdivisions, is now available in database format,
and is called the Master Reference File (MRF). The current full version of the UDC has
220,000 subdivisions.
Klasifikasi UDC (Universal Decimal Classification).
UDC sebenarnya merupakan perluasan dari klasifikasi DDC. Pertama kali diterbitkan
pada 1905 dengan nama Classification Decimal yang dikembangkan oleh FID
(Federation International Documentation). UDC pembentukan notasinya menggunakan
satu angka atau lebih. Klasifikasi ini mempunyai tabel tambahan yang berfungsi untuk
menyatakan adanya hubungan antar subyek satu dengan lainnya atau dengan aspek-
aspek tertentu yang ada dalam pokok persoalan.
Simbol + pada UDC berfungsi untuk menggabungkan dua subyek.
Misal pertanian dan ekonomi adalah 63 + 33
Simbol : (tanda titik dua) menunjukan aspek dari subyek tersebut.
Misal politik ekonomi adalah 32 : 33
