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The YKL classification system, which is
being used by most of the Finnish public libraries, is an adaption of the
American Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC). The whole area of knowledge
is broken down into ten main categories, which in turn are further divided
into ten sub-categories and so on, as far as is needed. The books are
first classified according to their principal subject matter. If several
matters are covered in one piece of work, other classifications can also
be included in its bibliographical description. The first class, however,
always tells the placing of the book on the library´s shelves.
On the shelves of the libraries the
classifications are usually slightly elaborated. The books are separately
alphabetised within each class or sub-class number on the shelves, usually
according to the author. In Kokkola City Library the  Anders
Web Library gives the information, into which class the work is
classified, and leading to the right shelf.
0 General
works. Book branch. Librarianship. General cultural policy.
Mass media
00 Book branch
01 Bibliographies
02 Librarianship. Library science.
Informatics
03 General encyclopedic works
04 General compilations
05 General periodicals
06 General cultural policy
07 Mass media
1 Philosophy. Psychology. Occult
10 General works
11 Philosophy
12 Logic
14 Psychology
15 Occult
16 Theory of knowledge. Theory of science
17 Ethics. Philosophy of life. Aesthetics
(Am. Esthetics)
2
Religion
20 General science of religion
21 Philosophy of religion
22 The Bible. Biblical research
23 Dogmatics. Christian ethics
24 Christian devotional literature
25 Practical theology
26 Christian missionary work
28 Christian churches and communities. Church
history
29 Non-Christian religions and mythologies
3
Society
30 Social sciences in general
31 Statistics
32 Political science. Politics
33 Law
34 Regional planning. Regional policy
35 Administration
36 Economics. Political economy
37 Social policy
38 Education. Instruction. Pedagogics
39 National defence (Am. defense)
4 Geography. Travel. Ethnology
40 Geography
41 Europe
42 Finland
43 The Nordic Countries
44 Central Europe
45 The British Isles
46 Southern Europe
47 Eastern Europe
48 Other continents
49 Ethnology. Cultural anthropology
5 Natural
sciences. Mathematics. Medicine
50 Natural sciences in general
51 Mathematics
52 Astronomy. Geodesy
53 Physics
54 Chemistry
55 Physical geography. Geology
56 Biology
57 Botany
58 Zoology
59 Medicine. Health care
6 Technology.
Industry. Handicraft. Agriculture and forestry. Home economics. Business
economics. Traffic
60 Applied sciences
61 Computer science. Automation (Am. automatization).
Control and system engineering
62 Metal industry. Mechanical engineering. Vehicles. Electrical engineering
63 Mineral industry. Chemical industry
64 Wood processing industry. Textile industry. Leather
industry
65 Handicraft. Home industry
66 Construction engineering
67 Agriculture and forestry. Food industry
68 Home economics. Institutional economics
69 Business economy. Marketing. Trade. Traffic
7 Arts.
Physical exercise. Amusement
70 Study of arts. General art history
71 New art forms
72 Architecture
73 Sculpture
74 Painting. Drawing
75 Graphic art. Photography
76 Industrial art. Arts and crafts
77 Scenic art. Cinematic art
78 Music
79 Physical exercise. Sports. Games. Amusements
8 Literature. Study of literature. Philology
80 Miscellaneous fiction
81 Folk poetry
82 Poetry
83 Plays
84 Narrative literature
85 Fairy tales. Picture-books. Comics
86 Study of literature
87 Philology
88 Finno-Ugric languages
89 Indo-European languges. Other languages
9 History
90 Study of history. General cultural history.
General military history. General archaelogy
91 World history. History of Europe
92 History of Finland
93 History of the Nordic countries
94 History of Central Europe
95 History of the British Isles
96 History of Southern Europe
97 History of Eastern Europe
98 History of other continents
99 Personal and family history
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