Vol. 11(3), pp. 52--63 April, 2023. 

ISSN: 2360-7858

https://doi.org/10.14662/ijalis2023045

 

Full Length Research

 

Abstract

In this paper, three basic themes were treated. In the first instance, the `what and why' of cataloguing and catalogue code were examined. Then briefly the evolution of catalogue and cataloguing practice were noted and the factors that influenced and shaped both. Besides, also a few principles that surfaced were identified. All these forming the background made. A quick survey of the history and development of catalogue codes beginning with 19th century and in the process studied in detail, some of the important codes as to their scope or coverage, provisions of rules, underlying principles, were also considered. Library catalogues have a very extensive history, and can be traced back to the libraries of antiquity. In the 7th century B.C., important libraries in Mesopotamia had author and title catalogues that were posted on walls for user convenience. Callimachus, scholar and chief librarian of the Alexandrian Library in the 3rd century B.C., compiled a huge catalogue of the library's literature, called the Pinakes. His work later became the foundation for the analytical analysis of Greek Literature. Catalogues have changed dramatically over the centuries, having appeared in many forms, from clay tablets, papyrus scrolls, printed books and cards, microform, to the online versions used today. A library catalogue code, one or two of which (for, there are a score of the them), as you may have surely become familiar with to some extent, can be explained as a `set of rules' for guidance of cataloguers in the preparation of descriptive bibliographical records (i.e., entries in library catalogues, bibliographies and. similar other lists) for books and other graphic materials so as to ensure consistency and uniformity in their treatment. The code may additionally have rules for subject cataloguing/indexing and filing of entries as well.

 

Keywords: History, Development, Library Catalogue, Library Use, Survey

 

	Cite This Article As: Olubiyo, P.O. (2023). A Survey of History and Development of Library Catalogue for Library Use. Inter. J. Acad. Lib. Info. Sci. 11(3): 52-63