Tag: Law Librarianship

  • Schiller Classification

    Schiller Classification The Schiller classification system is a locally-developed system for classifying foreign, comparative, pre-literate, ancient, medieval, and religious law materials. A call number in the Schiller classification system is comprised of an abbreviation to designate a legal system, followed by a number indicating the specific subject area within the system. Topical Divisions in the…

  • Hicks Classification System

    Hicks Classification System The Hicks Classification System is a locally developed classification system used, in some libraries, for early primary source material, such as statutes and reports, in American and British law. The Hicks scheme or system is used, in general, in law libraries (mainly, in the Yale law library, where the scheme was created),…

  • Hicks Classification System

    Hicks Classification System The Hicks Classification System is a locally developed classification system used, in some libraries, for early primary source material, such as statutes and reports, in American and British law. The Hicks scheme or system is used, in general, in law libraries (mainly, in the Yale law library, where the scheme was created),…

  • Moody Classification system

    Moody Classification System History: Foreign and comparative law librarianship Margaret M. Moody and her sister, Murtle, both started work as assistant librarians at Harvard Law School Library. The two sisters later created the famous Moody Classification system – a way of cataloging foreign law literature with country codes featuring the Moody’s own numbering system. Margaret…

  • Moody Classification system

    Moody Classification System History: Foreign and comparative law librarianship Margaret M. Moody and her sister, Murtle, both started work as assistant librarians at Harvard Law School Library. The two sisters later created the famous Moody Classification system – a way of cataloging foreign law literature with country codes featuring the Moody’s own numbering system. Margaret…

  • Headings

    Headings FAST headings There has been significant conversation on several cataloging discussion lists about FAST headings. Many catalogers feel they duplicate Library of Congress Subject Headings and “dumb down” the catalog. Love them or hate them, it is helpful to understand why they might be useful. OCLC describes FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology) as…

  • Legal Research Information

    Legal Research Information Conclusion Notes See Also References and Further Reading About the Author/s and Reviewer/s Author: legalresources Mentioned in these Entries Legal Research.

  • International Law Classification

    International Law Classification International Law Classification in the Library of Congress While the traditional “public international law” materials class in KZ, or occasionally in a “regional” schedule, materials on how public international law impacts national, local, or regional legal systems class with the subject, outside of KZ. Before going further, it’s important to note the…