Classification schemes in the UK
“Class K, may be the dominant classification scheme in the United States, but a 2007 survey indicated that only 5% of law libraries surveyed in the UK are using Class K.(1) Most of the UK law libraries (41%) are still maintaining their own in-house scheme, with the next largest number of respondents (31%) using Moys, a system that also groups Common law together.(2) Recent interest in KF Modified from a Law library in England (3) suggests it is time to extend the reach of KF Modified to Common law libraries outside of Canada.”(4)
References
- Rachel Brett, “Classification Practice in Law Libraries: A Brief Survey” (2008) 8 Legal Info. Mgmt. 61 at 61. Provided by Knight, F. Tim
- Ibid. at 61.Provided by Knight, F. Tim
- In January 2009 J. McRee Elrod forwarded a question he had received about KF Modified to CALL-L from Helen Buhler, Classification Coordinator, at the Templeman Library, University of Kent.Provided by Knight, F. Tim
- KF Modified and the Classification of Canadian Common Law, Knight, F. Tim. Canadian Law library Review, v. 34, no. 5
See Also
- Classification of Law Materials
- Moys Classification and Thesaurus for Legal Materials
- KF Modified
- Cooperative Patent Classification
- General Division Classification (Max Planck Institute)
- Dewey Decimal Classification
- International law classification: JX System
- Rights and the Law Classification, Historical
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Classification for Law Libraries, Classification of Law Materials, Common law, Cooperative Patent Classification, Dewey Decimal Classification, International law classification: JX System, KF Modified, Law library, Moys Classification and Thesaurus for Legal Materials, Rights and the Law Classification, Historical.
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