Publications about UDC

Bibliographies published in the Extensions & Corrections to the UDC

We collect and record information about UDC publications and publications about UDC in world languages annually. These annual bibliographical reports are also published in E&C. From this page you can access all annual reports, many of which contain links to articles that are available online.

By the end of 2013 we plan to provide access to an online catalogue of UDC editions in world languages and publications about UDC.

Other information about UDC publications

A selective bibliography of articles on UDC can be found in ISKO bibliography. Also, around sixty articles on UDC are stored in DLIST repository

Selection of publications on UDC (in English)

2017
Slavic, A.; Davies, S. (2017) Facet analysis in UDC: questions of structure, functionality and data formality. In: Proceedings of the International UDC Seminar: Faceted Classification Today: Theory, Technology and End Users, 14-15 September 2017, London, UK, pages 425-435. Edited by A. Slavic and C. Gnoli. Also in Knowledge Organization, 44(6) [special issue] selected papers from the proceedings of the 2017 .
2015
Piros, A. New automatic interpreter for complex UDC numbers.. Extensions & Corrections to the UDC, 35-36 (2015), pp. 37-50.
2014
Vukadin, A.; Slavic, A. (2014) Challenges of facet analysis and concept placement in universal classifications: the example of architecture in UDC. In: Knowledge organization in the 21st century: proceedings of the Thirteenth International ISKO Conference, 19-22 May 2014, Krakow, Poland. Edited by W. Babik. Wurzburg: Ergon Verlag, pp. 236-243.
2011
Slavic, A. (2011) Classification revisited: a web of knowledge. In: Innovations in information retrieval: perspectives for theory and practice. Eds. Allen Foster and Pauline Rafferty. London: Facet. pp. 23-48.
2010
McIlwaine, I. C. (2010) Universal Decimal Classification (UDC). In: Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences. 3rd ed. New York: Taylor & Francis, 2010. Vol. 1:1, pp. 5432-5439. DOI: 10.1081/E-ELIS3-120043532

2008
Slavic, A. (2008) Faceted classification: management and use. Axiomathes, 18 (2), pp. 211-228.
Slavic, A. (2008) Use of the Universal Decimal Classification: a worldwide survey. Journal of Documentation, 64 (2), pp. 211-228.
Slavic, A., Cordeiro, M. I. & Riesthuis, G. (2008) Maintenance of the Universal Decimal Classification: overview of the past and preparations for the future. International Cataloguing and Bibliographic Control, 37 (2), 23-29.
Slavic, A. (2008) Use of the Universal Decimal Classification: a worldwide survey. Journal of Documentation, 64 (2), 2008: 211-228.

2006
Slavic, A. (2006) UDC in subject gateways: experiment or opportunity? Knowledge Organization, 33 2, 67-85.
Slavic, A. (2006) The level of exploitation of Universal Decimal Classification in library OPACs: a pilot study. Vjesnik bibliotekara Hrvatske, 49(3-4):155-182
Slavic, A. (2006) Interface to classification: some objectives and options. Extensions & Corrections to the UDC, 28 (2006): 24-45.

2004
Slavic, A.Cordeiro, M. I. (2004) Sharing and re-use of classification systems: the need for a common data model. Signum, 8, pp. 19-24.
Slavic, A. (2004) UDC implementation: from library shelves to a structured indexing language. International Cataloguing and Bibliographic Control , 33 3(2004), 60-65.
Slavic, A. (2004) UDC Translations: a 2004 Survey Report and Bibliography. Extensions & Corrections to the UDC, 26 (2004): 58-80.

2007 McIlwaine, I. C. (2007) The Universal Decimal Classification - a guide to its use. Revised ed. The Hague: UDC Consortium, 2007. (Also published in French, Japanese, Spanish, Romanian, Croatian)
1990 The UDC: essays for a new decade (1990). A Gilchrist & D. Strachan (eds.) London: Aslib
1996 Perrault, J. M. (1969) Towards a theory for UDC, London: Bingley, 1969.

2005 Slavic, A. (2005) Classification management and use in a networked environment: the case of the Universal Decimal Classification. Doctoral thesis, University College London, University of London.
2003 Francu, V. (2003) Multilingual access to information using an intermediate language: Proefschrift voorgelegd tot het behalen van de graad van doctor in de Taal- en Letterkunde aan de Universiteit Antwerpen. Doctoral thesis