Facts about the Library of Congress Classification System (LCC)
- It is one of the most widely used library classification systems in the world.
- Most academic/university libraries use the Library of Congress Classification System;
most public libraries use the Dewey Decimal Classification System.
- LCC was designed to organize and arrange large collections of library materials.
- It uses letters and numbers to arranges items so they are grouped by subject.
- There are 21 main classes, each identified by a letter in the alphabet.
- LCC is expandable and new subclasses are added regularly.