News

Professor Ia McIlwaine (1935-2019)
18/09/2019
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Ia McIlwaine who died on 24 August 2019.
Professor McIlwaine was Editor-in-Chief of UDC from 1993-2005 and contributed a great deal to its development and international presence throughout this period. Ia McIlwaine was Emeritus Professor of Library and Information Studies in the Department of Information Studies at University College London and an internationally reknowned scholar in the field of knowledge organization. More in the Obituary by Professor Vanda Broughton.
UDC Update Meeting at IFLA WLIC 2019
15/08/2019
The UDC Update meeting at IFLA WLIC 2019 will take place on Sunday, 25 August 2019 at 12.30- 13:30 in Business Meeting Room 1 (Megaron Athens International Convention Centre - Session 075 in IFLA Programme).
We invite colleagues working with, teaching or interested in UDC to join us. Session programme:
  • Welcome and news from the UDC Consortium
  • Preparation of a UDC Online edition in the National Library of Serbia
  • New and planned in UDC schedules
  • UDC Revision of Architecture an Building Industry
  • Discussion
National Library of Serbia joins UDC Consortium
30/04/2019
In 2019, the National Library of Serbia joined the UDC Consortium. The NLS is one of seven national libraries who are members of the Consortium.
In collaboration with other libraries in Serbia, the NLS is currently preparing a new Serbian UDC edition to be published on the UDC Online Hub.
New data in UDC Online English
03/02/2019
UDC Online English has been updated with the new UDC Master Reference File data (MRF12). This includes changes to around 6,000 classes (over 2,000 new classes, 3,000 modifications and over 700 cancellations).
Notable changes are in language tables (Romance languages, African languages), place tables (Central America, Antarctic territories, Scandinavian countries, Russian Federation), mathematics (algebra) and biology (invertebrates, algae, fungi).