Classification

When the Documents Section of the North Carolina State Library was organized between 1957-1960, this classification scheme was devised by the documents librarian, Sangster Parrott, for the Library's large collection of North Carolina public documents.

Documents are arranged by state government agency and then by function. The scheme is partially adapted from the U.S. Superintendent of Documents Classification System which is used for Federal documents collections.

The current edition shows agency name changes in general, but should not be relied upon as a complete history of a name due to the complex agency reorganizations, mergers, and dissolutions that have occurred since 1960.

Agency Name	Alphabetic Code	Updated
Introduction		Aug. 2013
Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services	A	Dec. 2016
Dept. of Insurance	B	April 2012
Dept. of Commerce	B	Nov. 2017
Dept. of Environmental Quality	C	Nov. 2017
Dept. of Correction	D	no longer used
Dept. of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention	D	no longer used
Dept. of Public Safety	D	June 2017
Dept. of Natural and Cultural Resources	F	Nov. 2017
Public Education	G	March 2004
Dept. of Public Instruction	G	Sept. 2012
University of North Carolina System	G	May 2018
Community College System	G	Sept. 2012
State Board of Elections	H	Aug. 2002
Dept. of Administration	I	Feb. 2016
Office of the State Auditor	I	Aug. 2002
Dept. of State Treasurer	I	Aug. 2002
Dept. of Revenue	I	Aug. 2016
Dept. of Health and Human Services	J	Nov. 2017
Dept. of Transportation	K	Sept. 2017
Dept. of Labor	L	Oct. 2003
Dept. of Justice	M	March 2018
Local Government Regulation	N	no longer used
Dept. of Local Affairs and Div. of Community Assistance	N	no longer used
Jointly Administered Agencies	O	no longer used
Office of State Personnel	P	no longer used
Public Service Enterprises	R	no longer used
Dept. of Information Technology	R	July 2018
Division of Social Services	S	no longer used
Occupational Licensing Boards	T	Jan. 2015
Office of the Governor	V	July 2018
Dept. of Crime Control and Public Safety	W	no longer used
Dept. of Military and Veterans Affairs	W	Feb. 2016
Dept. of the Secretary of State	X	Aug. 2002
Judicial Dept.	X	Feb. 2014
General Assembly	Y	June 2018
Governors' Papers	Y	May 2016
Laws and Documents	Z	Aug. 2002
Index		July 2018

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