New Classification Scheme for Chinese Libraries

{{Short description|System of library classification}}

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The New Classification Scheme for Chinese Libraries is a system of library classification developed by Lai Yung-hsiang since 1956.{{cite journal |last1=Liu |first1=Xiaochun |date=1993 |title=The standardization of Chinese Library Classification |journal=Cataloging & Classification Quarterly |volume=16 |issue=2}} It is modified from "A System of Book Classification for Chinese Libraries" of Liu Guojun, which is based on the Dewey Decimal System.{{cite journal |last1=Hu |first1=Yuefang |last2=Chen |first2=Yintao |date=2007 |title=Differences between the DDC and the CLC in classifying works of literature |journal=Illinois Libraries |volume=86 |issue=4 |pages=5-10}}

The scheme is developed for Chinese books, and commonly used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.{{cite book |last1=Zhang |first1=Yihua |last2=Peng |first2=Jia |last3=Li |first3=Fang |date=2011 |chapter=Design of Automatic Mapping System between DDC and CLC |title=Digital libraries: for cultural heritage, knowledge dissemination, and future creation: ICADL 2011 |editor-last1=Xing |editor-first1=C. |editor-last2=Crestani |editor-first2=Fabio |editor-last3=Rauber |editor-first3=Andreas |location=Berlin |publisher=Springer |page=357-366}}{{cite encyclopedia |last=Bu |first=Shuqing |date=2017 |translator-last1=Fan |translator-first1=Wei |title=Chinese Library Classification (CLC) |url=https://www.isko.org/cyclo/clc |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Knowledge Organization |location=Toronto |publisher=International Society for Knowledge Organization |access-date=2025-02-18}}