what does LCC stand for
The Library of Congress Classification
and LCCN
Library of Congress Control Numbers
Who invented LCC?
Herbert Putnam
where is the LCC used?
most research and academic libraries
in the US only?
no
what else besides books does LCCN define?
URLs
when Did Putnam come up with the classification?
1897,
What other term might it be confused with?
LCCN
what do Library of Congress Subject headings describe?
contents systematically.
what job did Putnam have?
librarianship of Congress
befoe that?
head librarian at the Minneapolis Public Library
what did he develop while there?
Putnam Classification System
Who gave him advice
Charles Ammi Cutter,
what other systems influenced it's development?
Cutter Expansive Classification
anything else?
the Dewey Decimal System
what are call numbers assigned to?
particular copies of books in the collection
who designed the system before LCC?
Thomas Jefferson
was LCC fully implemented before Putnam left>
no
roughly how long was he in post?
36 years
how many classes had not been finished?
Two
was it designed specifically for the library?
yes