The book in hand, aims to expound with ample illustrations every big and small rule through a combing operation. It delves deep into the ales, so is likely to be helpful to the advanced students. Yet, no background knowledge has been assumed on the part of readers: an attempt has been made to make it self-sufficient. Therefore, it is equally helpful for the beginners. Use of technical terminology has been kept to the minimum. The introduction may help to understand and illustrate the theory of the CC, though this role has been subordinated. Illustrations are a major feature of the book. The main purpose of the book is to help the Colon Classification students to understand, especially some obscure rules. It is a student-oriented book.
Over the last decade there has been an unprecedented and unchecked expansion of library education in India, especially in distance education sector. This situation calls for a further simplification of th book without compromising on its standards. Accordingly the already lucid text has been simplified and made more explicit here and there. Some new class numbers for current subject have been added. Chapter on book number has been restored in a concise and simplified version. Hope the students and teachers will find the new edition useful, as earlier. Emphasis is still on to be a self-sufficient workbook for the beginners as well as the advance students.

About the Author
Dr M P Satija, who recently retired as a Professor from Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India is in the library profession for the last four decades. As an author of more than twenty books, about 150 papers and 200 book reviews, numerous course material on classification for distance education students, and many conference papers published in India and abroad. His works have been translated into Hindi, Spanish, German, French and Croatian. His major contribution lies in enriching library science literature. No wonder many bibliometric studies in India have found him a prolific author. His association with professional library journals is long and varied ranging from journals such as Information Management Report ((now ceased) (Bowker-Saur, UK), Library Times International (USA), Library Progress (Int), Library Heralad (Delhi Library Association), Trends in Information Science, Knowledge Organisation (USA/German) to the International Journal of ICT and Human Development (USA/Spain).
he has visited Germany, France, Finland, England, Nepal, the Neherlands, Belgium and Sri Lanka in connection with professional work. He served as a Visiting Fellow for three months in Maastricht Mx Luhan Institute, University of Maastricht Mc Luhan Institute, Unversity of Maaastricht, the Netherlands in 1999 and for another six weeks in May 2001. Since 2005 he is seriving as a Visiting Professor in University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka to supervise their doctoral of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka to supervise their doctoral programme. Since April 2007 he is a member Advisory Board of the UDC Consortium, the Hague. In 2007 he was conferred the ILA- PSG KUMAR Life time achievement award by the Indian Library Association. And was decorated with Best Teacher award of the Indian Association of Special Libraries award of the Indian Association of Special Libraries and Info Centres (IASLIC). In 2009 he was presented a 2 volume festschrift compiled in his honor by an International festschrift committee. He active works as trustee of Prof Kaula Endowment, and SATKAL.