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Decolonial practice for library collections, part 2

By Eloise Carpenter · June 1, 2021 · Books, Journals · No comments

The Library uses the Barnard Classification Scheme to organise print resources into subject-related categories.  Cyril Barnard was the School’s first professional librarian, and he wrote his A classification for medical and veterinary libraries in 1936, amended in 1955.  There was an urgent need to update the…

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