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THE first abridgment of the full universal decimal classification, in English has been published by the British Standends Institution as B.S. 1000 A. : 1948. It consists of 128 pages and costs 25s. It is intended for use in libraries or private collections where detailed subdivision of subjects is not required, or in special libraries using the full classification in a given subject but requiring an abridged classification for other fields. It is based on the official abridgment in the Dutch language, fifth edition, with the help, mainly in the sciences, of the abridgment published by H.M. Stationery Office, under the title "Classification for Works in Pure and Applied Science in the Science Museum Library", third edition. The abridgment should form a useful introduction and guide to the complete fourth edition in English, which is being published by the British Standards Institution, section by section.
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Universal Decimal Classification. Nature 163, 633 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/163633b0
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