There are many structural inequalities baked into the Library of Congress classification system, contributing to the further marginalization of already marginalized groups.

In the 1890s, the library developed the Library of Congress Classification System. It is still used today to predictably manage millions of items in libraries worldwide. Catalogs, cards and computers ...

Reading call numbers SLU Libraries, like many academic libraries in the United States, uses the Library of Congress classification system for call numbers. This system uses a combination of letters ...

Kept up to date by the Division's L.C. classification--additions and changes, and by 2 publications irregularly issued by Gale Research Company entitled: Library of Congress classification ...

The “straight white American man” assumption In April 2018, I presented my research into issues of library bias in the Library of Congress Classification and Subject Headings at NCORE, the ...

High Point University broke ground Monday on a $100 million library that will serve as the university’s flagship when it opens in 2027. The John and Lorraine Charman Library will stand four stories ...

In the 1890s, the library developed the Library of Congress Classification System. It is still used today to predictably manage millions of items in libraries worldwide.

Catalog data are a library’s most important map to knowledge. What does it mean that the Library of Congress just released 25 million records to the public?