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Classification Manual (1993)

Classification Manual (1993)
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The Superintendent of Documents classification system was developed in the Library of the Government Printing Office between 1895 and 1903. It was first described in October 1903 by William Leander Post, then in charge of the Library, in the preface to List of Publications of the Agriculture Department 1862-1902, Department List No.1, issued by the Superintendent of Documents in 1904.

The purpose of this edition of the Classification Manual is to set forth the current policies in effect for assigning Superintendent of Documents classification numbers in the U.S. Government Printing Office. The user of this manual should be aware that many policies and practices have changed, sometimes radically, over the years. Where possible, the manual indicates earlier policies that resulted in quite different class numbers for some groups of documents.

Table of Contents

[ Abbreviated Table of Contents below - Expanded Table of Contents
HERE - subchapter breakdown available at the top of each Chapter Web page ]

Cover/Title page

Foreword

Introduction

Overview

Chapter 1   Class Stem

Chapter 2 Category Classes and Special Types of Publications

Chapter 3   Serials and Series

Chapter 4   Book Numbers

Chapter 5   Congressional and Related Publications

Chapter 6   Congressional and Related Publications

Glossary

Appendix A - Abbreviations

Index


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