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UDC Editions


Bibliography of UDC related publications

In the Extensions and Corrections to the UDC we record editions of the UDC worldwide and UDC related publications annually.

The last research on the UDC translations and editions, published in the Extensions and Corrections, 26 (2004), contains a chronological summary of the editions and bibliography of last reported editions in 39 languages, and is available here.

Selection of recent standard printed editions (the complete content of the UDC Master Reference File)

In English: UDC: Universal Decimal Classification. Standard edition. 2 volumes. London : British Standards Institution, 2005.
Volume 1 - Systematic tables, ISBN 0 580 45469 X
Volume 2 - Alphabetical Index, ISBN 0 580 45470 3

In French: Classification décimale universelle. Édition moyenne internationale en 3 volumes. Liège, Éditions du C.E.F.A.L., 2004. ISBN 2-87130-152-2.

In Spanish: Clasificación Decimal Universal (CDU) Norma UNE 50001:2000. Printed edition in 3 volumes. Madrid, AENOR, 2000. ISBN: 978-84-8143-255-8 [for the complete set]
Volume 1: Tablas sistemáticas (0 / 5) 478 pp ISBN: 84-8143-256-3
Volume 2: Tablas sistemáticas (6 / 9) 554 pp ISBN: 84-8143-257-1
Volume 3: Índice alfabético. 166 pp. ISBN: 84-8143-258-X

In Portuguese: Classificação Decimal Universal. 2nd standard international ed. in Portuguese. Editor in chief Regina Coeli S. Fernández. Brasília : Ministerio de Ciẽncia e Tecnología; Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciẽncia e Tecnologia, 2007. (Publicação no UDC-P053)
Volume 1. Tabelas sistemáticas; 1257 pp. ISBN 978-85-7013-075-4
Volume 2. Indice alfabético ; 603 pp. ISBN 978-85-7013-074-7

UDC Online editions

In English: UDC Online (BSI) (standard edition updated annually, commercial product)

In Czech: Mezinárodní desetinné trídení (standard edition 2003, free access)

In Slovenian: Univerzalna Decimalna Klasifikacija: elektronska izdaja (standard edition 2001, commercial product)

In Swedish: Universella decimalklassifikationen (Abridged edition, 6100 classes, free access)

In Italian: CDU Online (Abridged Italian edition from 1987)

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The first UDC editions:

  1. Manuel du Repertoire Bibliographique Universel, Brussels: IIB, 1905-1907.
  2. Classification Décimale Universelle, (FID 151), Brussels: IIB, 1927-1933.
  3. Dezimal-Klassifikation (Gesamtausgabe), (FID 196), Berlin: DNA. ,1934-1953.

 

Selected books on UDC (In English):

  1. Andersen, Ejvind [and others]. UDK - en indforing (FID 619), Lyngby: Dansk Central for Dokumentation, 1982.
  2. A bibliographical survey of UDC editions (FID 573), The Hague: Federation Internationale de Documentation (FID), 1982.
  3. Dubuc, R. La Classification Décimale Universelle, CDU. Manuel Pratique d'Utilisation (3rd ed.),. Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1973.
  4. FID. Management Board. Task Force on UDC System Development. Report of the Taskforce on UDC System Development, Chairman I. C. McIlwaine, presented to the UDC Management Board of FID, March 1991, The Hague: FID, 1991 Unpublished report.
  5. FID Classification Symposium. General Classification Systems in a Changing world:. UDC and the Dewey Centenary. Proceedings of the FID Classification Symposium held in Commemoration of the Dewey Centenary, Brussels, November 1976 (FID 561), The Hague: FID, 1978.
  6. Fill, Karl. Einführung in das Wesen der Dezimalklassifikation (FID 611), Berlin: Köln, Beuth Verlag, 1981.
  7. Foskett, A. C. The Universal Decimal Classification: the history, present status and future prospects of a large general classification scheme, London: Bingley, 1973.
  8. Freeman, R. "The management of a classification scheme: modern approaches exemplified by the UDC Project of the American Institute of Physics", Journal of Documentation, 23, 1967, 304-320.
  9. Proceedings of First Seminar on UDC in a Mechanized Retrieval System. Freeman, R., and Atherton, P. (eds.) (FID/CR Rep. No. 9.) Copenhagen, Danish Centre for Documentation. 1969 .
  10. The UDC: essays for a new decade,Gilchrist, A. and Strachan, D. (eds.) London: Aslib, 1990.
  11. Guide to the Universal Decimal Classification (UDC). (BS 1000C:1963), London: British Standards Institution, 1963. [by Jack Mills].
  12. International Symposium. UDC in Relation to other Indexing Languages, Herceg Novi, Yugoslavia, 28 June-1 July, 1971. Proceedings, Belgrade: Yugoslav Center for Technical and Scientific Documentation; The Hague: FID, 1972.
  13. McIlwaine, I. C. The Universal Decimal Classification - a guide to its use. Revised ed.The Hague: UDC Consortium, 2007. (Also published in French, Japanese, Spanish, Romanian, Croatian)
  14. Perrault, J. M. Towards a theory for UDC, London: Bingley, 1969.
  15. Rayward, W. B. The Universe of information: the work of Paul Otlet for documentation and
    international organisation (FID 520), Moscow: VINITI., 1978.
  16. Robinson, G. U.D.C: A brief introduction. The Hague: FID, 1979.
  17. Seminar on UDC in a mechanized information retrieval system, Copenhagen, 2-6 September, 1968: proceedings Molgaard-Hansen, R., & Rigby, M. (eds.) (FID/CR Rep. No. 9), Copenhagen: Danish Centre for Documentation, 1969.
  18. Seminar on UDC and mechanized information systems, Frankfurt, 1-5 June, 1970: proceedings. Molgaard-Hansen, R., & Westring-Nielsen, M. (eds.). (FID/CR Rep. No. 11), Copenhagen: Danish Centre for Documentation, 1971.
  19. Wellisch, Hans. The Universal Decimal Classification: a programmed instruction course, Baltimore, MD: Univ of Maryland, School of Library & Information Services, 1970.
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