Biography classification in libraries school

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    A - General Works
          AE   General Encyclopedias

    B - Philosophy, Psychology and Religion
          B     Philosophy
          BC  Logic
          BF   Psychology
          BL-BX   Religion
          BP   Islam

    C - History: auxiliary branches
          CB   History of Civilization
          CC   Archaeology
          CR   Heraldry
          CS   Genealogy
          CT   Biography (general)

    D - History: General & Old World
          D      History (general)
          DA   Great Britain
          DC   France
          DE   Mediterranean region
          DK   Soviet Union
          DS   Middle East / Asia
          DT   Egypt / Africa

    E-F - History:

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    RR Religion

    RLarge booksREncyclopedias, dictionaries, general worksRChristianityRBible:TextsREncyclopedias, dictionaries, bibliographyRConcordancesRLiturgy, hymnologyRChurch Fathers, theological literatureRMonasteries, religious ordersRSaintsRChurches: Britain & IrelandRRoman Catholic ChurchRProtestantismRChurches & denominationsRMissionsREastern religions

    Cultural & political aspects of Judaism = R
    Cultural & political aspects of Islam = R

    RRationalism

    R Philosophy & Psychology

    RR Social Sciences

    RGeneral worksRStatistics

    Mathetatical tables = R

    RDemographyRPolitical scienceRColonialismRInternational relationsREconomics:GeneralRFinance, commerce, insurance, management, weights & measuresRCommunications, transportation

    Shipping = R
    Aircraft = R
    Railways = R
    Road transport = R

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    Bliss bibliographic classification

    Library cataloguing system

    The Bliss bibliographic classification (BC) is a library classification system that was created by Henry E. Bliss (–) and published in four volumes between and Although originally devised in the United States, it was more commonly adopted by British libraries.[1] A second edition of the system (BC2) has been in ongoing development in Britain since

    Origins of the system

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    Henry E. Bliss began working on the Bliss Classification system while working at the City College of New York Library as Assistant Librarian.[2] He was a critic of Melvil Dewey's work with the Dewey Decimal System and believed that organization of titles needed to be done with an intellectual mind frame. Being overly pragmatic or simply alphabetical, would be inadequate. In fact, Bliss is the only theorist who created an organizational scheme based on societal needs.[3] Bliss wanted a classification system th