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1. ASFANDYAR KHALIL (CHIEF LIBRARIAN Al-Qadir University Sohawa, Jhelum, Punjab) Asfandyarkhalil23@gmail.com librarain23.blogspot.com independent.academia.edu/asfandyarkhalil linkedin.com/in/asfandyar-khalil-b12562151 www.tumblr.com/blog/librarian23 www.slideserve.com/librarian Forms of Catalogue

2. Introduction • The library catalogue has been an indispensible and effective tool to make the library resources available to its users. • The modern librarians have attached much importance to the convenience of readers for making the use of the present action of the library catalogue has greatly influenced its shape which has led to the adoption of various forms. • There are two forms of catalogue • Outer Forms or the Physical Form which relates to the external shape, size, and appearance of catalogue installed for the use of the readers. • Inner Forms: which refers to various varieties of construction and arrangement of catalogue.

3. Inner Forms • By simplest definition catalogue is a list of Books and other material in a library or collection. • The entries in the list being arranged in same systematic order. This order, or the mode of arrangement of entries determines the “ inner form” catalogue. • JamesOrmerod in his book style in card cataloguing Ed.2 1932 mentioned that catalogues likes sentences in grammar are of 3 kinds • Simple • Compound • Complex

4. Main Inner Forms • Author Catalogue • Name Catalogue • Title catalogue • Alphabetical subject Catalogue • Dictionary Catalogue • Classified or systematic catalogue • Alphabetical-classed catalogue

5. Author Catalogue • Generally accepted that author catalogue is supreme in value and important, because it is the only catalogue from which a reader can be perfectly certain of ascertaining whether a library has a particular book, • Assuming that he has the author's name correctly, for the author name is the one indisputable thing about a book.

6. Cont • Cataloguers have felt justified in giving the author catalogue first place, and no library is complete without some form of it. • British Museum, which possess one of the finest examples of printed author catalogue, and also provides an equally valuable subject index.

7. Name Catalogue • Which is arranged in a single alphabet of authors and of people written about, whether biographies descriptions and criticisms of their work. • Within its limits it is a catalogue of great value, and one that may be used to advantage in conjunction with a classified catalogue, taking the place of author index.

8. Title catalogue • The catalogue in which titles are arranged alphabetically • And the totally documents available in the library are arranged title wise.

9. Alphabetical subject Catalogue • Alphabetically arranged under each subject. • And under each subject to show on which specific subject or topic. • With the help of chain procedure process can be carried out.

10. Dictionary Catalogue • It appeals particularly to people who want very specific information, or who are not pursuing a detailed investigation of a wide branch of Knowledge Ex: The gardener who wants books about roses only.

11. Classified or systematic catalogue • Here entries are made under class symbols or class numbers. • One scheme is chosen i.e CC, DDC,UDC • Subject arranged accordingly CC-A-Z DDC 000-999 330 Economics 331 Labour and Lobour problem

12. Alphabetical-classed catalogue • In an Alphabetico-classed catalog, the headings of bibliographic records are arranged alphabetically, but subject headings display the generic relationships of subjects. • While this type of classed catalog is generally useful it requires titles sometimes to be forced into the subject-headings. This is particularly true for inter-disciplinary or multi-disciplinary works

13. Conclusion • Both catalogues have their advocates who strongly support their favorites. • While the opponents of the classified catalogue argue that it was a complicated tool difficult to decipher by users. • Its supporters have held the view, which they constantly propagate that there is no substitute for it. • There is a lack of objectivity on the part of both groups because very few people are familiar with both types of catalogue

14. Cont • The dictionary catalogue as certain weaknesses, but a carefully worked out network of cross can help to reduce limitations resulting from the absence of a classified arrangement. • However, there is no doubt that very often careless use of cross references can prove irritating to users. • Choice of catalogue by a library would depend upon certain factors –type of library, avalibility of printed catalogues cards ,types of catalogues used by neighboring libraries ,kind of training of the chief librarian and chief cataloguer ,and the attitude of authorities.