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Ibiblio :: an index with hybridized vigor !

The goal on the structuring of Ibiblio was to create an accessible digital library. This access should be composed of three key elements: a search engine, an XML based metadata archive (which can be openly accessed for research), and a browsable index (ever found that really great book while wandering down the library shelves?). To this end, Ibiblio has enlisted google as the search interface. We are presently building the metadata archive. The index is in its formative stages.

In creating our index categories, we looked at major classification systems: Universal Decimal, Dewey, Yahoo & the California Digital Library. Each system had its own strengths and weakness. Both decimal systems are around a century old - neither scales quickly or easily to the digital changes of the past 20 years. Most web indexes have a somewhat specialized focus.

Ibiblio's largest collections are the linux archives and the linux documentation project - both are key elements in the Open Source Community. Another major ibiblio resource is the "Documenting the American South Collection." In creating an ibiblio index we have come up with a hybrid index. Like Mendel's hybrid corn, this index draws vigor from its predecessors. However, the ibiblio index allows the structural freedom to acknowledge the significance of major collection elements.

Ibiblio's classification schema is a work in progress. Have suggestions? comments? Let us know and help make ibiblio that library where you can get lost for hours.

ibiblio
UDC #
Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) DDC # Dewey
Decimal Classification (DDC)
Yahoo California Digital Library
  journals
.
. . . News & Media .
  reference
0
generalities 000 computers, information & general reference reference general interest & reference
  humanities
1
philosophy & psychology 100 philosophy & psychology (1) arts & Humanities interdisciplinary & ethnic
  .
.
. . . . (1) arts & humanities
  religion
2
religion 200 religion . .
  social sciences
3
social sciences 300 social sciences Social Science social sciences
  .
.
. . Education (2) arts & humanities
  .
.
. . Government .
  .
.
. . Business & Economy .
  .
.
. . Society & Culture .
  language
4
linguistics 400 language . .
  science & math
5
natural sciences, and math 500 science science physical sciences
  .
.
. . . . biological & medical sciences
  technology
6
technology 600 technology . engineering & technology
  .
.
. Computers & Internet biological & medical sciences
  .
.
. Health .
  creative arts
7
arts 700 arts & recreation (2) arts & Humanities (3) arts & Humanities
  .
.
. . . Entertainment .
  .
.
. . . Recreation & Sports .
  literature
8
language and literature 800 literature . .
  geography & history
9
geography, biography, &history 900 history & geography Regional geographical
  .
.
. . . . history
  archives
.
. . . . .
  historic
.
. . . . .

Universal Decimal Classification?
What is the UDC? The Universal Decimal Classification (UDC), first published in 1905 was an offspring of the Dewey system and became the preferred classification system by scientific and technical libraries. Its decimal basis and attempts at hierarchical range underscore its theoretical origin in Dewey. Revision has been continuous. While retaining the basic generic hierarchies, the Universal Decimal Classification makes far greater use of the technique of synthesis, by providing a series of auxiliary tables for aspects of subjects likely to appear in several parts of the main schedules. UDC is in worldwide use, and has been published in whole or in part in 23 different languages. The English-language editions are extensively used both in anglophone countries and those where English is co-official or a working language (the British Isles, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, several African countries) and have a significant presence in other cultures as well.

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