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Saturday, June 27, 2015

OCLC Update Dewey Breakfast and ALCTS Public Libraries Technical Services Interest Group Meeting

Libbie CrawfordDewey Product Manager,OCLC

Dewey—It’s a big world, we’ve organized it!

Caroline SaccucciDewey Program Manager, Library of Congress

Michele ZwierskiDatabase Manager, Nassau Library System

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A librarian in Birmingham told me a story about a user coming to her looking for ideas for a fun dinner party. At first she was thinking that a French Tuscan picnic. The user went to the cookbook section and found a wealth of cookbooks organized by Dewey and by browsing those cookbooks, she picked couple of Mexican cookbooks. That lead the user to think about how one would decorate for Mexican Fiesta, the cookbook had ideas for paper flowers and terra cotta vessels as well as other ideas for service utensils. So the user held the party and sparked a supper club that moved from cuisine to cuisine around the world. The group learned about world geography and different cultures through food and kept going back to the library for more resources….

• Introduction of newest editorial team member

• Dewey Products & Services Update

• So, what’s new? : EPC 138 Decisions

• “Dewing the Dew” at LC : Best Practices from the LC Dewey Section

• “To the edge of Dewey: Classification at the Nassau Library System”

• Audience Discussion

Agenda

• Previously Senior Research Scientist at the Center for Biomedical Informatics Research at Stanford University

• Graduate degrees in biopsychology (University of Georgia), information science (University of Maryland), epidemiology/biostatistics (University of California), and medical informatics (Columbia University).

• Based in the Dewey Editorial Office at the Library of Congress.

Welcome Dr. Carol A. Bean

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The medical informatics perspective is evident in positions Carol has held as research information scientist, biomedical informatics program officer, and chief enterprise terminology officer within the (U.S.) National Institutes of Health (NIH) and as director of the Office for Certification in the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC). The knowledge organization perspective is visible through a faculty appointment in the School of Information Sciences of the University of Tennessee, where Dr. Bean taught courses in cataloging and classification, abstracting and indexing, and health care informatics. Carol’s research and publications have focused on, inter alia, relationships in knowledge organization systems (KOS), creating mappings between KOS, semantic interoperability, information extraction from medical texts, and topical relevance relationships.

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SO, WHAT’S NEW? : EPC 138 DECISIONS

“DEWING THE DEW” AT LC : BEST PRACTICES FROM THE LC DEWEY SECTION

Dewey Program Manager in the U.S., Programs, Law, and Literature Division

Caroline Saccucci

So, what’s new? : EPC 138 Decisions

Caroline Saccucci, Dewey Program Manager and Acting CIP Program Manager

When? Where? Who?• When: June 8-9, 2015• Where: Library of Congress• Who:

– EPC members– Dewey Editorial Team– LC Dewey classifiers– Mary Sauer-Games (OCLC)– Diane Vizine-Goetz (OCLC)– David Whitehair (OCLC)– Beacher Wiggins (LC)

Angiosperms (583-584)Proposal to adopt APG III classification complete

Credit: Libbie Crawford

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Angiosperm Phylogeny Group APG III worldwide review to start later in the summer

Malcolm X

Political ideology of Malcolm X at 320.546092 Black nationalism—Biography

credit: Herman Hiller, World Telegram staff photographer - Library of Congress. New York World-Telegram & Sun Collection

X-free foods600s: Diets that exclude specific foods (e.g.,

gluten-free cooking, dairy-free foods)

credit: http://www.glutenfreeliving.com/gluten-free-foods/shopping-gluten-free/new-gluten-free-pastas-flood-grocery-shelves/

http://www.glutenfreeliving.com/gluten-free-foods/shopping-gluten-free/new-gluten-free-pastas-flood-grocery-shelves/

Lacrosse, jai alai

• 790s: Relocation of lacrosse and jai alai to sports in which the ball is caught and thrown with the same equipment

credit: Bob Martin/Allsportcredit: USA TODAY Sports

Post-apartheid South Africa

• Expansion of 968.07 with relocation of administrations from Mandela on• Complete reorganization of the Republic of South Africa below the Province

level

“Dewing the Dew”: Best Practices in the LC Dewey Section

Caroline Saccucci, Dewey Program Manager and Acting CIP Program Manager

“Dewing the Dew” : Best Practices in the LC Dewey Section p.16

Who is in the LC Dewey Section?

In the U.S. Programs, Law, and Literature Division One program manager who classifies part time Four classifiers Four OCLC assistant editors (1 part-time, 1 volunteer) Collectively 150+ years of Dewey experience! Focus on CIP and priority 2 books in English and

modern Western European languages


Here they are!

Dewey Section classifiers

OCLC editors

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Dewey ECIP Workflow

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Who is the LC Dewey Program?

The LC Dewey Section plus Four whole-book catalogers in other sections/divisions

who classify part time One division automation operations coordinator who

classifies part time AutoDewey users throughout ABA U.S. ISSN Center catalogers

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General Best Practices

No good shortcuts Read the notes Read the Manual Read up the hierarchy Copy/paste is a life-saver Proper segmentation

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Can’t be underestimated Make sure you’re copying/pasting the right number, of course! LC classifiers make every effort to provide proper segmentation, and WebDewey is really helpful here. The number building assistant isn’t perfect about adding the slash, especially T4—8 for some reason.


Best Practices

Training? Start with 900s for number building Use another discipline to practice analyzing

What is being affected? Search for similar titles but check the schedules Use LCSH/Dewey correlation searching in

ClassificationWeb but check the schedules Use the WebDewey number building assistant Class like items at the same time when possible Can’t figure it out??

Assign DDC to each chapter Is there a theme? Majority rules? Consult the experts, e.g. subject experts, editors, [email protected]

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Rule of application—If you’re classifying a book that is about how climate change affects wheat production, do you class with climate change or wheat production? Maybe that’s too easy. What about book discussing climate change and computer use? Which is affecting which?

mailto:[email protected]


Best Practices

Training? Start with 900s for number building Use another discipline to practice analyzing

What is being affected? Search for similar titles but check the schedules See what LCC and/or LCSH has been assigned Use LCSH/Dewey correlation searching in

ClassificationWeb but check the schedules Search the Relative Index for similar terms Search WebDewey by LCSH Browse vs. Search in WebDewey

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Rule of application—If you’re classifying a book that is about how climate change affects wheat production, do you class with climate change or wheat production? Maybe that’s too easy. What about book discussing climate change and computer use? Which is affecting which?


Classic Dewey: Zeros, Wholes, Ts, and ToPs

Zeros When and how to use 0 or 00, etc. When to drop the 0

Does it “approximate the whole”? Standard subdivisions

T1 has relationships to basic schedules, e.g. T1—0285 related to build for 004.028 in 004-006 Computer science; computer programming, programs, data; special computer methods

Check the table of preference Schedules and tables ToP not always obvious in WebDewey Read up the schedule to the broader topic Might be in manual notes, e.g. T3A-T3C T1 has a ToP, too!

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These are just basic Dewey principles that you don’t want to forget. Really know how to handle the zeros—do you need an extra zero, do you drop the zero? “Approximating the whole” is a concept I had trouble with at the beginning. Learning to stop at “standing room” when a concept was too narrow to add standard subdivisions took some time for me. Realizing that everything is interrelated. I like to think of the DDC as a fascinating faceted puzzle—all the pieces are interrelated. The standard subdivisions are no exception. Table of preference is so important. For instance, biography is higher on the ToP than almost anything else. It’s one of the reasons why we are exploring an expansion of AutoDewey for sports biographies—that number trumps almost anything else


T1 ToP


Common Questions

Classifying religious topics? About one or more than 2 religions or religions in general?—First-of-two rule Not Christianity? Find out where the general topic classes before building in the

290s

History or ??? Read the manual If sociological, could class in 300s, even about a place

Biography? Read the manual Political figure with multiple political positions? Not in 352.23 Chief executives

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First-of-two rule:�The rule instructing that works dealing equally with two subjects that �are not used to introduce or explain one another are classed in the number coming first �in the schedules or tables.��How to classify professional football coaches? Can we expand to 796.33207/7092 for Football coaches—Biography? 796.092 manual note says Use the general number for the sport for the biography of sports personnel, regardless of position played or type of game, e.g., a quarterback in American professional football 796.332092 (not 796.33225092 or 796.33264092). So 796.332092 American football--biography, . . . LCSH mapping for Football—Coaches LC has a card catalog name authority file Vince Lombardi, famous football coach: 796.332092 B Do we class Hillary Clinton as First Lady of Arkansas, First Lady of the United States, U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of State, or….U.S. Presidential Candidate?


Discussion

Your best practices? Your questions? Dewey Program: http://www.loc.gov/aba/dewey Dewey Program email: [email protected] Dewey editors/OCLC email: [email protected] OCLC Dewey Teaching Site

http://www.oclc.org/dewey/resources/teachingsite.en.html

http://www.loc.gov/aba/dewey



http://www.oclc.org/dewey/resources/teachingsite.en.html

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Thank you!

Caroline Saccucci [email protected]

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“TO THE EDGE OF DEWEY: CLASSIFICATION AT THE NASSAU LIBRARY SYSTEM”

Database Manager, Nassau Library System

Michele Zwierski

Michele Zwierski, ManagerCataloging Services/Nassau Library [email protected]

Dewey BreakfastALA Annual ConferenceJune 27, 2015

TO THE EDGE OF DEWEY:CLASSIFICATION AT THE NASSAU LIBRARY SYSTEM MEMBER LIBRARIES


The Nassau Library System is a cooperative library systemConsortium comprised of 54 member libraries

and a Service Center for the librariesEach member library is independent,

autonomous, supported by local taxes, and governed by its own board of trustees

Innovative/Sierra ILS

WHO WE ARE

Member Libraries order and receive materials at their local libraries

Provisional bib records createdAutomatically through the Acquisition processKeyed in by Member Library staff

Item records created by Member Library staff

CATALOGING AT NLS

NLS-Cataloging Services (3 professionals, 4 copy catalogers)Replaces all Provisional records with full

cataloging recordsCreates original cataloging recordsAuthority workCatalog 3,000 to 5,000 titles per month (10%

original)

CATALOGING AT NLS

Cataloging Services leaves any Dewey that resides in any bibliographic record

Original catalogers add Dewey numbers to copy cataloging bib records (non-fiction, all formats) that are lacking 082/092

Original catalogers assign Dewey numbers for all original cataloging bib records (non-fiction, all formats)

CLASSIFICATION AT NLS

Many materials come in “Shelf Ready”

082/092 is a suggested number

Member Library staff can accept or reject

Call numbers are keyed in manually into the Call No. field of the Item Record

MEMBER LIBRARY CLASSIFICATION

Vendor supplied processing truncates or mis-assigns call numbers, resulting in invalid numbers. Member Library staff:All numbers reviewed and validatedNo numbers reviewed and validatedSome libraries opt to have some materials not

fully processed (call no. ranges, audience)

CLASSIFICATION CHALLENGES/SOLUTIONS

Most Dewey complaints about:

Travel

Shakespeare

Native Americans


Dewey not spine label-friendly

Leads to non-Dewey options for the narrow-spined

Children’s materials

Non-print materials


Dewey is “old-fashioned” or “not patron friendly”

“BISAC”

Local classification schemes developed for browsingMusic CDS ; movies ; etc.


Select shorter numbersAt segmentationAbridged Dewey

Local modification of DeweyPick a number; local sub-arrangement“Dot-less Dewey”

CLASSIFICATION SOLUTIONS

Any straight non-Dewey solution is labor intensiveRelabelling ; editing item records in catalogShelf space

Non-Dewey solutions require local documentation and training

Sometime the easiest solution is the best

CONSULTANT ROLE IN TRANSITION

Head of Children’s disappointed in the low circulation of non-fiction materials

Saw an opportunity to showcase effectively

Other departments in the same library discarded Dewey in favor of browsingcollections (media) resulting in patron happiness

“DEWEY NO DECIMAL”

Entire non-fiction children’s collection re-labelled; all item records corrected. Children’s room staff re-labelled over 10,000 items

Master list created and maintained by department

Fiction materials not included!

“DEWEY NO DECIMAL”

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J 796 SPORTSArcher yBasebal lBasebal l Teams*Basketbal lBasketba l l Teams*Bik ingBoat ingBobs ledding*In i t ia l o f team not author

J 599 MAMMALSAnteater sAnte lopesApesApes Ch impsApes Gor i l lasApes Orangutans

SELECTIONS FROM MASTER LIST

Think about the work involved in maintaining the newly organized collection Document the classification Update the classification Correct the classification

Materials will never arrive Shelf Ready

Classification will never be assigned by anyone else except YOU

Any ILS based collection evaluation tool might only work successfully with Dewey

ADVICE FROM ME (THE CONSULTANT)

“Spend a little more time developing list before plunging into reclassifying”

Label books outside AND inside

All departments have to be trained in finding materials in the re-organized space

Signage is the best promotion

ADVICE FROM THE FIELD

Questions?

Libbie CrawfordDewey Product [email protected]

Caroline SaccucciDewey Program Manager in the U.S., Programs, Law, and Literature [email protected]

Database Manager, Nassau Library [email protected]

Michele Zwierski

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