Part Ten X › Division VI VI › Section 10/61 10/61

Institutions and Techniques for the Collection, Storage, Dissemination, and Preservation of Knowledge

Subject Outline

AProtection and storage of objects and artifacts
- 1Museums and galleries
  - aThe management and maintenance of institutional collections
  - bTypes of museum categorized by subject area
    - iGeneral museums
    - iiMuseums of natural history and natural science [see also 355.C.6.a.]
    - iiiMuseums of science and technology
    - ivMuseums of history
    - vMuseums of art and art galleries [see also 612.G.1.]
    - viMuseums concerned with particular vocations: e.g., farming, forestry, wine making
    - viiOther museums
  - cOther systems of museum classification
    - iBy geographical coverage
    - iiBy character of collection
    - iiiBy character of provider
    - ivBy particular clientele
- 2Libraries [see B.4., below]
- 3Historic places and landmarks
- 4Public and private collections of animals and plants [see also 355.C.6.]
  - aZoological gardens and aviaries
  - bAquariums
  - cBotanical gardens and arboretums
- 5Parks and nature preserves [see also 355.D.]
BStorage and retrieval of information
- 1Dictionaries and lexicons [see also 735.H.2.c.i.]
- 2Encyclopaedias [see also 735.H.2.c.ii.]
- 3Atlases and map collections [see also 735.H.2.c.iii.]
- 4Libraries
  - aTypes of libraries
  - bThe science of library systems
- 5Archives
- 6Bibliographic and numeric databases [see 735.H.1.b.]
- 7Magnetic and optical recordings [see 735.F. and H.1.a.]
CInstitutions for the advancement and dissemination of knowledge
- 1Educational institutions [see Part Five, Division VI]
- 2Academies of learning, or societies established for the advancement of knowledge
- 3Publishing: selection, preparation, and marketing of printed material
  - aPrint publishing [see also 735.1.1.]
    - iBooks
    - iiNewspapers
    - iiiPeriodicals
  - bElectronic publishing
- 4Broadcasting
  - aRadio [see also 735.1.5]
  - bTelevision [see also 735.1.6]
- 5Observatories and planetariums