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English language universal classification systems: Ranganathan's Colon is historically significant, but has very little adoption outside India, and even there, it is now being phased out in favor of systems like DDC, UDC, and LCC
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* [[Dewey Decimal Classification]] (DDC)
* [[Library of Congress Classification]] (LCC)
* [[Colon classification]] (CC)
* [[Universal Decimal Classification]] (UDC)
 
Other systems include:
* [[BISAC Subject Headings|Book Industry Standards and Communications]] (BISAC), originally developed for use by U.S. booksellers, has become increasingly popular in libraries.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Martínez-Ávila |first=Daniel |date=2016 |title=BISAC: Book Industry Standards and Communications |url=https://www.nomos-elibrary.de/index.php?doi=10.5771/0943-7444-2016-8-655 |journal=Knowledge Organization |volume=43 |issue=8 |pages=655–662 |doi=10.5771/0943-7444-2016-8-655 |issn=0943-7444}}</ref>
* [[Harvard-Yenching Classification]], an English classification system for Chinese language materials
* [[Garside classification]] used in most libraries of [[University College London]]<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/subject-support/garside-classification-scheme | title=Garside classification scheme &#124; Library Services - UCL – University College London| date=8 August 2018}}</ref>
* [[Bliss bibliographic classification]] used in some British libraries
* [[Colon classification]] (CC)
*Gladstone Library Classification, devised by [[William Ewart Gladstone|W.E. Gladstone]] and used exclusively at [[Gladstone's Library]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gladstone Foundation Collection|url=https://www.gladstoneslibrary.org/reading-rooms/the-collections/special-collections/gladstone-foundation-collection|access-date=2022-01-18|website=Gladstone's Library|language=en-GB}}</ref>
* [[Garside classification]] used in most libraries of [[University College London]]<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/subject-support/garside-classification-scheme | title=Garside classification scheme &#124; Library Services - UCL – University College London| date=8 August 2018}}</ref>
* Gladstone Library Classification, devised by [[William Ewart Gladstone|W.E. Gladstone]] and used exclusively at [[Gladstone's Library]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gladstone Foundation Collection|url=https://www.gladstoneslibrary.org/reading-rooms/the-collections/special-collections/gladstone-foundation-collection|access-date=2022-01-18|website=Gladstone's Library|language=en-GB}}</ref>
* [[Harvard-Yenching Classification]], an English classification system for Chinese language materials
 
===Non-English universal classification systems===