Dewey Decimal Classification: News and New Views

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Dewey Decimal Classification News and New Views

• Dewey Users Group
• June 25, 2005
• ALA Annual Conference
• Chicago

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Agenda

• Product Update Libbie Crawford
• Dewey Update Joan S. Mitchell
• Segmentation Dennis McGovern
• Dewey Blog Jonathan Furner
• Research Diane Vizine-Goetz
• Graphic Novels Julianne Beall
• Discussion

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Products

• DDC 22
• Abridged 14
• DDC Principles and Application
• 200 Religion
• WebDewey and Abridged WebDewey

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Whats New with Dewey

• Joan S. Mitchell
• Editor in Chief, DDC
• OCLC
• Saturday, June 25, 2005
• ALA Annual Conference, Chicago

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Outline

• DDC Review Schedule
• RSS Feeds
• WebDewey Update
• Staff News
• Translations
• Options in Religion

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DDC Review Schedule www.oclc.org/dewey/discussion
/reviewschedule.htm

• Advance notice to Dewey users about upcoming
  studies and updates
• Links to discussions and updates

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Upcoming Reviews Updates

• Table 2 expansions
• Tables 5 and 6 expansions
• Terrorism
• Associations
• Graphic novels, Graphic arts, Digital photography
• Historical periods in the abridged edition

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RSS Feeds

• Dewey Mappings - DDC mappings to other
  vocabularies
• Dewey News - Discussion papers and other news
• Dewey Tips - Latest tips for classifying with
  Dewey and using WebDewey
• Dewey Updates - Latest DDC mappings to other
  vocabularies, new and changed entries, and news
  about WebDewey enhancements
• Dewey Journal - All Dewey RSS feeds
• Subscribe at http//www.oclc.org/dewey/syndicated
  /rss.htm

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WebDewey

• June release includes updated PPT mappings for
  computer science and law
• August release will include updated PPT mappings
  for religion
• OPAC searching from WebDewey is scheduled for
  later this year

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OPAC Searching from WebDewey
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Dewey Staff News

• Jonathan Furner joined Dewey editorial team in
  April 2005

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EPC News

• ALA and OCLC approved revised EPC bylaws
• Changes to terms (length and term limits)
• Corresponding members
• Welna van Eeden joined EPC as first South African
  member in February 2005

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Translations

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Dewey and Sweden

• April 2005 workshop in Stockholm to introduce DDC
  and plan for translation
• Expansion of Swedish area table
• SAB-DDC representation in national bibliography
• Test mapping Svenska ämnesord to DDC using LCSH

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Options in Religion (1)

• (Option A Class the religion in 230-280, its
  sources in 220, comprehensive works on the
  religion in 230 in that case, class the Bible
  and Christianity in 298
• (Option B Class in 210, and add to base number
  21 the numbers following the base number for the
  religion in 292-299, e.g., Hinduism 210,
  Mahabharata 219.23 in that case class philosophy
  and theory of religion in 200, its subdivisions
  211-218 in 201-208, specific aspects of
  comparative religion in 200.1-200.9, standard
  subdivisions of religion in 200.01-200.09

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Options in Religion (2)

• (Option C Class in 291, and add to base number
  291 the numbers following the base number for
  that religion in 292-299, e.g., Hinduism 291,
  Mahabharata 291.923
• (Option D Class in 298, which is permanently
  unassigned
• (Option E Place first by use of a letter or
  other symbol, e.g., Hinduism 2H0 (preceding 220
  ), or 29H (preceding 291 or 292 ) add to the
  base number thus derived, e.g., to 2H or to 29H,
  the numbers following the base number for the
  religion in 292-299, e.g., Shivaism 2H5.13 or
  29H.513)

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Revised Option A

• Current version
• (Option A Class the religion in 230-280, its
  sources in 220, comprehensive works on the
  religion in 230 in that case, class the Bible
  and Christianity in 298
• Proposed version
• (Option A Class the religion in 230-260, its
  sources in 220, comprehensive works on the
  religion in 230 in that case, class the Bible in
  270 and Christianity in 280

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Segmentation

• Dennis McGovern
• Chief, Decimal Classification Division
• Library of Congress
• Saturday, June 25, 2005
• ALA Annual Conference, Chicago

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Segmentation (Current)

• 155.6/6 End of abridged number (155.6)
• 809/.89287 End of abridged number (809)
• 324.6/23/0973 1. End of abridged number (324.6)
  
  2. Beginning of standard subdivision
  (0973)
• 282/.092/2 1. Beginning of standard subdivision
  (0922)
• 2. End of abridged number (282.092)

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Segmentation (Proposed)

• 155.6/6 End of abridged number (155.6)
• 809/.89287 End of abridged number (809)
• 324.6/230973 End of abridged number (324.6)
• 282.092/2 End of abridged number (282.092)