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Bliss Bibliographic Classification - Introduction and auxiliary schedules

The auxiliary schedules are not currently available in a computer format.

The following documents have been transcribed from the volume "Introduction and auxiliary schedules", with some subsequent corrections and additions.

• Prefaces, comprising
  • Preface to the second edition, by J. Mills and Vanda Broughton, [1977]
  • Preface to the first edition of volume I, by Henry Evelyn Bliss, 1940
  • Preface to the first edition of volume II, by Henry Evelyn Bliss, 1946
  • Preface to the first edition of volume III, by Henry Evelyn Bliss, 1952
• Overall introduction to the scheme, comprising the following sections:
  1. A short biography of Henry Evelyn Bliss (by D. J. Campbell)
  2. The Bibliographic Classification (BC): history, publication and maintenance
  3. Relations between BC Edition 1, Edition 2 and future editions
  4. Organising information and the role of bibliographic classification
  5. The structure of a bibliographic classification
  6. The Bliss Bibliographic Classification (BC)
  7. How to use the BC
  8. Glossary of terms used in sections 3/7

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