Bartol Brinkler
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Bartol Brinkler was a cataloging librarian
, the head of cataloging and classification at Harvard University
's Widener Library
. He was educated at Princeton
Graduate School and received a MA
and a Ph.D.
He graduated in 1937. From 1947-1982, Bartol Brinkler worked at Widener Library as head of classification and cataloging. In 1976, he trained all the catalogers at Widener Library on the Library of Congress classification system. Bartol Brinkler also served as a "consultant on classification (...this included the construction of a special classification system & supervision of reclassification for Dumbarton Oaks
Research Library, Washington, DC, [19]59-60, and J.K.Kennedy-Institut für Amerikastudien". Bartol Brinkler died on 2 October 1993. He is remembered in the Princeton Alumni Weekly as a "quiet librarian."
He devised a modification of the LC purpose classification system, known as the Brinkler classification
system to bring out better the geographical aspects of the subject in the context of a card catalog.
Librarian
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, the head of cataloging and classification at Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
's Widener Library
Widener Library
The Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library, commonly known as Widener Library, is the primary building of the library system of Harvard University. Located on the south side of Harvard Yard directly across from Memorial Church, Widener serves as the centerpiece of the 15.6 million-volume Harvard...
. He was educated at Princeton
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
Graduate School and received a MA
Master's degree
A master's is an academic degree granted to individuals who have undergone study demonstrating a mastery or high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice...
and a Ph.D.
Ph.D.
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He graduated in 1937. From 1947-1982, Bartol Brinkler worked at Widener Library as head of classification and cataloging. In 1976, he trained all the catalogers at Widener Library on the Library of Congress classification system. Bartol Brinkler also served as a "consultant on classification (...this included the construction of a special classification system & supervision of reclassification for Dumbarton Oaks
Dumbarton Oaks
Dumbarton Oaks is the conventional name for the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, situated on a historic property in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The institution is administered by the Trustees for Harvard University. Its founders, Robert Woods Bliss and his wife...
Research Library, Washington, DC, [19]59-60, and J.K.Kennedy-Institut für Amerikastudien". Bartol Brinkler died on 2 October 1993. He is remembered in the Princeton Alumni Weekly as a "quiet librarian."
He devised a modification of the LC purpose classification system, known as the Brinkler classification
Brinkler classification
Brinkler Classification is the library classification system of Bartol Brinkler described in his article "The Geographical Approach to Materials in the Library of Congress Subject Headings". The geographical aspect of a subject may be conveyed through three types of headings labeled A, B, and C....
system to bring out better the geographical aspects of the subject in the context of a card catalog.