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Classification and Shelflisting

The Library of Congress Classification (LCC) is a classification system that was first developed in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to organize and arrange the book collections of the Library of Congress.

 More About the Library of Congress Classification (LCC)

  • View the Library of Congress Classification Outline

  • About the LCC Approved Lists
  • Submit a Proposal [PDF, 75 KB]

News, Announcements

  • Revision to the Classification Span for the Iraq War
  • New Edition of Classification and Shelflisting Manual
  • Uniqueness of Call Numbers Assigned by the Library of Congress
  • Obsolete and Optional Numbers in the Library of Congress Classification
  • Subclass G (Cartographic Materials): Special Instructions and Tables of Subdivisions for Cartographic Materials
  • Subclass G (Cartographic Materials): Geographic Cutter Numbers (Tables G1548-G9804)
  • Library of Congress Classes JZ and KZ: Historical Notes and Introduction to Application Errata
  • Subclasses KBM (Jewish Law) and KBP (Islamic Law): Notes on Design and Suggested Use of the Schedules

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  • LC Classification Schedules, A-Z
  • Classification and Shelflisting Manual
  • Classification Web
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