Reclassification project
In the autumn of 2021, the Faculty Library of Arts and Philosophy started the undertaking of the reclassification of the entire collection in open shelves to a standardised international classification system, in which the books will be shelved by subject. This way, when you locate a publication on a specific subject, you will encounter other relevant works nearby.
In the process, each book in open shelves gets a new location according to the international classification, as well as a new label and an RFID tag for security. Prior to reclassification, a large-scale deselection will take place to give the library more breathing space.
This deselection consists of three phases.
- We started with a de-duplication in relation to the Book Tower. Exceptions included motivated duplicates (i.e. department bought motivated multiple copies of a publication), publications that are very frequently borrowed from the Book Tower, copies of books that are not available for loan at the Book Tower, or books of which the copy in the Book Tower can no longer be found. Collection managers in the faculty departments could indicate additional exceptions: titles they thought should remain in the faculty library’s open-shelves collection because of current research and/or instruction (even if the Book Tower also has a copy).
- Subsequently, de-duplication was carried out internally within the faculty library. The copy in best condition, assessed on content and form, was retained in each case.
- Finally, we landed on the deselection for transfer to an external repository. In consultation with the collection managers of the departments, books were selected that have less relevance for current research and/or instruction. They are placed in a repository managed by the faculty library. The books are retrievable through the catalogue and available within one working day.
The large-scale deselection will free up space for the growth of our collection and more facilities within the library. It also allows us to anticipate the upcoming renovation of the faculty library. Until the reclassification, some collections will be moved to another open shelf location within the library.
Want to know the current location of a collection?
- African Studies (L91)
- African Linguistics and Literary Studies (L99)
- Ancient History (L03)
- Anthropology (L67B)
- Applied linguistics (L22)
- Archaeology (L08)
- Architectural Heritage (Heritage, interior design and fashion) (L64)
- Art History (Visual arts) (L70)
- Byzantine Studies (L93)
- Classical Archaeology (L62)
- Classical Latin (L11)
- Comparative Literary Studies (L37)
- Contemporary History (L09)
- Didactics Classical Languages (L25)
- Didactics French (L14G)
- Didactics History (L23)
- Dutch Linguistics (L17)
- Dutch Literary Studies (L30)
- English Linguistics (L33)
- English Literary Studies (L34)
- French Linguistics (L14B)
- French Literary Studies (L14X)
- General and Contemporary Linguistics (L18)
- German Linguistics (L38)
- German Literary Studies (L32)
- Greek Linguistics (L45)
- Greek Literary Studies (L10)
- Indology (L13)
- Intercultural Didactics (L99B)
- Italian Literary Studies (L16)
- Japanology (L94A)
- Language and Communication (L20)
- Literary Sociology (L26)
- Medieval History (L04)
- Medieval Philosophy (L35)
- Modern History (L06)
- Musicology (L66)
- Near Eastern and Islamic Studies (L88)
- New Greek (L46)
- Philosophy and Moral Sciences (L27)
- Postclassical Latin (L12)
- Religious Studies (L51)
- Romance Linguistics (L14D)
- Scandinavian Studies (L19)
- Sinology (L94)
- Slavonic Studies (L90)
- Spanish Literary Studies (L14H)
- Swahili and African Languages (L99A)
- Theatre Studies (L52)
- Turkish studies (L87)
Need more information?
Contact veronique.despodt@ugent.be