A brief Study of Colon Classification

Library Classification is a process of arranging books and other reading material on a subject in a logical sequence on the shelf to facilitate for the user to locate them easily and without any difficulty. Though there are several classification theories to index library materials like books, periodicals, journals, CDs etc, some limitations were found in these schemes by S.R. Ranganathan, the author of colon classification when visited several libraries. He also noticed that the existing schemes were unable to cope with the multidimensional dynamic growth of universe of subjects. He made continuous efforts for several decades to remove such limitations so that libraries could meet the challenge of ever growing universe of knowledge. Finally colon classification scheme came into existence. The first edition of colon classification was published in 1933.Till now six more editions of CC also have been published. The present paper provides an overview of various components underlying in this scheme.