Book numbers: Indian and cutter Satija, M. P.

This manual of book numbers explains the working mechanism of book numbers in all their intricacies. It illustrates the versatility of book numbering systems designed by Asa D. Dickinson, Sayyed Bashiruddin, S. R. Ranganathan, the National Library of India and Charles Ammi Cutter. Systems by Dickinson and Bashiruddin are now somewhat obscured by time. Here they are again brought to light. Dickinson method is a simplification of Cutter table made to suit Indian libraries at that time. Professor Bashiruddin devised author marks for books in Indian languages, including Urdu. His Hindi table has been described in detail with numerous newly devised examples of representative Hindi authors. His original table has been enormously expanded. Both these systems are for small libraries. Ranganathanzs book number system is described in its minutest details with many suitable examples. His system is applicable to all libraries transcending the barrier of language and collection size. The author table designed by the National Library, Kolkata, is for Indian language writers. This table makes a long list of Indian authors writing in Indian vernaculars and proposes their author numbers in Roman script. This book explains with ample examples the book number systems devised by S. R. Ranganathan, S. Bashiruddin, Asa Don Dickinson and the National Library of India, and offers a brief but practical introduction to Cutter-Sanborn Table. Book numbers have an important role to play in shelf classification in the era o