- 1969-07-00 — With regard to the classification of Bahá'í books,
in most libraries the listing is according to the
Dewey Decimal Classification system employed by the
National Library of Congress. While the classification
is not yet satisfactory from the Bahá'í standpoint,
considerable improvement has been made since the early
days of the Faith. The National Spiritual Assembly advised its community that it will continue to follow up with the National
Library of Congress for further improvement.
The proper call number of Bahá'í literature is 297.89.
The number 297 is given to Islam, and religions under that
parentage are listed in that same general sequence. While
the Bahá'í Faith is not a branch of Islam, our roots are in that faith,
as the roots of Christianity were within Judaism. Most Bahá'í books published in North America under Bahá'í auspices will have the proper call number along with the copyright information inside the front cover.
It was recognized that the changing classifications of
library listings is a very serious matter and once any
change is made it must remain in effect a very long time
in order to avoid the tremendous confusion that frequent
changes and revisions would create in the library system
involving thousands of local public libraries throughout
the country. For this reason they asked that the community not make an issue of this, but can be helpful by calling the attention of local librarians to the proper classification of Baha'i books with the above given number. [Bahá'í National Review Issue 19 July 1969 p4-5]
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