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TUM Classification System - Information Science; Library, Documentation, Archive and Museum Sciences

INF 000Belonging to the Subject; not further Classified
INF 001Information Science; Library, Documentation, Archive and Museum Sciences in General
INF 010Information and Communication
INF 050Information Science in General
INF 200Specialized Information Services (Specialized Libraries, Archives, Museums and Documentations)
INF 250Processing of Documents and Information
INF 300Collection Building
INF 350Collection Management
INF 400Stock Exploitation
INF 500Library Usage
INF 550Reference and Information Service
INF 700Organisation and Administration
INF 750Facilities and Technical Equipment
INF 850Information Science Arranged According to Eras
INF 900Information Science of Individual Countries or Places
  • INF 000: Belonging to the Subject; not further Classified
  • INF 001: Information Science; Library, Documentation, Archive and Museum Sciences in General
  • INF 010: Information and Communication
  • INF 050: Information Science in General
    • INF 100: Librarianship; Library Science, Library Policy, Library Network
      • INF 110: Types of Libraries by Funding Bodies or Owner
      • INF 115: Types of Libraries by Degree of Accessibility or Form of Usage
      • INF 120: General Libraries
        • INF 130: Research Libraries, in General; General Research Libraries
          • INF 133: State, Regional and Town Libraries
          • INF 136: University and Academic Libraries
          • INF 139: Other General Research Libraries (Schools, Academies, et al.)
        • INF 150: Public Libraries, Popular Libraries
        • INF 159: Other General Libraries (Community, Hospital, Public Library in an Industrial Firm, Lending Library, et al.)
    • INF 160: Documentation Studies
    • INF 170: Archivation
    • INF 180: Museums and Collections Studies
      Museum education see EDU 780
    • INF 191: Electronic Library; Digital Library; Virtual Library
    • INF 199: Other
  • INF 200: Specialized Information Services (Specialized Libraries, Archives, Museums and Documentations)
    • INF 210: Pure and Applied Natural Sciences
      • INF 215: Mathematics; Computer Science; Natural Science and Engineering Science
      • INF 230: Medicine; Sports , Nutrition and Agricultural Sciences
      • INF 239: Other
    • INF 240: Economic, Social and Cultural Sciences; Humanities (Parliamentary and Administrative Libraries, et al.)
    • INF 249: Other
  • INF 250: Processing of Documents and Information
    • INF 260: Monographies
    • INF 265: Periodicals
    • INF 270: Grey Literature; Rare Literature
      • INF 273: Reports
      • INF 276: Dissertations
      • INF 279: Other
    • INF 280: Microforms; Audiovisual Media
    • INF 299: Other
  • INF 300: Collection Building
    • INF 310: Types of Acquisition
      • INF 312: Purchase
      • INF 314: Exchange; Legal Deposit; Gift
      • INF 319: Other
    • INF 320: Collection Building Using Electronic Data Processing
    • INF 330: Discarding ; Dealing with Out-of-Date Documents
    • INF 349: Other
  • INF 350: Collection Management
    • INF 360: Shelf Marks
    • INF 370: Storage Shelving; Maintenance of Documents
    • INF 380: Book-Binding; Bindery Preparation Division
    • INF 390: Stock Security; Preservation Microfilming
    • INF 399: Other
  • INF 400: Stock Exploitation
    • INF 410: Computerized Catalogues; Data Formats
      • INF 415: Online Catalogues; Opac
    • INF 420: Descriptiv Cataloguing; Author-Title Catalogue
    • INF 430: Subject Approach
      • INF 440: Classification and Thesaurus Construction and Management; Abstracting, Indexing, Research of Documents (for Specific Thesauri and Classifications Please Refer to the Respective Field of Science)
        • INF 450: Universal Classification Systems
          • INF 452: Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC)
          • INF 454: Decimal Classification
          • INF 456: Library of Congress Classification
          • INF 458: Library-Bibliographic Classification
          • INF 459: Other
      • INF 460: Systematic Catalogues
      • INF 470: Subject Catalogues
      • INF 480: Keyword Catalogues
      • INF 489: Other
    • INF 499: Other (Dictionary Catalogues , Shelf List Catalogues, et al.)
  • INF 500: Library Usage
    • INF 505: Usage; User Studies
    • INF 510: Circulation; Interlending
    • INF 520: User Areas; Special Departments
      • INF 522: Reading Rooms
      • INF 524: Textbook Collections
      • INF 526: Collections of Reports
      • INF 529: Other (Media Centre, Sound Archive, Old Books, et al.)
    • INF 530: Public Relations
      • INF 533: User Instruction
      • INF 536: Exhibitions
      • INF 539: Public Relations: Other
    • INF 549: Other
  • INF 550: Reference and Information Service
    • INF 560: Enquiry Desk
    • INF 570: Information Office
      • INF 580: Databases
        • INF 582: Pure and Applied Natural Sciences
          • INF 584: Mathematics; Computer Sciences; Natural Science and Engineering Science
          • INF 587: Medicine; Biology; Nutrition, Agriculture and Sports Sciences
          • INF 589: Other
        • INF 590: Economic, Social and Cultural Sciences; Humanities
        • INF 594: Other
    • INF 599: Other
  • INF 700: Organisation and Administration
    • INF 710: Forms of Organisation (Corporations, Institutions, Associations, et al.)
    • INF 720: Staff
      • INF 723: Training and Advanced Training
      • INF 726: Professional and Vocational Issues
      • INF 729: Other
    • INF 730: Administration
      • INF 732: Company Organization; Rationalization; Centralized Service
      • INF 734: Analysis; Statistics; Benchmarks
      • INF 736: Budgeting and Human Resource Management
      • INF 739: Other
    • INF 749: Other
  • INF 750: Facilities and Technical Equipment
    • INF 760: Facilities
    • INF 780: Technical Equipment
      • INF 782: Telecommunications
      • INF 783: Data-Processing (for Forms of Use Please Refer to the Respective Fields of Application)
      • INF 786: Duplication and Reproduction Technology
      • INF 789: Labelling and Signage
      • INF 792: Transportation and Storage Technology
      • INF 795: Other
    • INF 799: Other
  • INF 850: Information Science Arranged According to Eras
    • INF 860: Antiquity and Middle Ages
      • INF 865: Antiquity
      • INF 870: Middle Ages
    • INF 875: Modern Times
      • INF 880: 16Th to 19Th Century
      • INF 890: 20Th and 21St Century
  • INF 900: Information Science of Individual Countries or Places
    • INF 999: Information Science: Individual Persons (by First Letter of Surname)