Debatten om övergången från SAB till DDC : Hur ser den ut?

Sammanfattning: In 2008 the National Library of Sweden decided to give upClassification system for Swedish libraries and start using DDC(Dewey Decimal Classification) from January 1 2011. Thisdecision has influenced the whole Swedish library system and longbefore the National Library of Sweden took this decision thequestion had been thoroughly discussed and debated in Librariancircles.The aim of this thesis is to find out which arguments have beenintroduced in the debate, if the discussion has changed from beforethe decision to go over to DDC was taken to after wards, and if sohow it has changed. My thesis will discuss the following threequestions:• Which arguments were brought forward in the debate,both for and against a transition?• How has the debate about the Swedish libraries’transition from Classification system for Swedishlibraries to DDC changed from before the decision ofthe Royal Library was taken to after?• What conclusions can you draw from the debatewhich has been led about the transition to DDC?The empirical material consists of six articles dealing with thetransition to DDC and in the analysis of this material I have used atext analyses, analysis of. The analysis shows that more or less thesame arguments for and against have been used in practically allthe articles, and the debate has not changed very much. Theconclusion you can draw is, that the research libraries are the greatwinners and that much more research about the transition isnecessary.