Storyboarding user contribution of built numbers Dewey Breakfast/Update ALA Midwinter 21 January 2012 Dallas Michael Panzer Assistant Editor, DDC OCLC panzerm@oclc.org

Motivation Provide a way for users to save numbers they have built in WebDewey Personal and institutional built numbers Provide a way for users to contribute numbers they have built Components and steps in the number building process should be saved in well-formed 765 fields Eases editorial evaluation for inclusion in the classification as “official” built numbers Makes it possible to integrate such numbers into search and display in the local copy of WebDewey Number building assistant seems best way to ensure validity

Number building assistant: Requirements Can be used even without intention of saving the number Parses most add notes and other instructions to guide the user and construct MARC 765 fields in the background at the same time Component information is used to display how a number was built in a user-friendly way Helps the user in adding index terms to a saved built number

MARC

MARC view LDR nw###n## 001 ocd00168684 003 OCoLC-D 005 20110326173550.0 008 100204aaaaaabb 040 ##  $a OCLCD $b eng $c OCLCD 084 0#  $a ddc $c 23 $e eng 153 ##  $a 796.522092 $e 796.522   765 0#  $b 796.522  $z 1 $s 092  $u 796.522092  750 #7  $a Mountain Climbing  $x biography 750 #0  $a Mountaineering $x biography

Standard Subdivision 765 0# $b 796.522 $z 1 $s 092 $u 796.522092 10

Add note 765 0# $b 073 $z 2 $r 43 $s 912 $u 073.912 Add to base number [$b] 073 the numbers following [$r] T2--43 in notation T2--431-T2--439 from Table 2, e.g., journalism and newspapers in Austria 073.6 11

Showing where add instructions are found 765 0# $b 796.522 $z 1 $a 093 $c 099 $z 1 $s 09 $u 796.52209 Add to base number [$b] T1--09 notation T2--3-T2--9 from Table 2, e.g., the subject in North America T1--097, in Brazil T1--0981; ... 765 0# $b 796.52209 $z 2 $s 73 $u 796.5220973 12

Feedback? How could this tool be most helpful? Do you want a way to build numbers manually (bypassing the assistant), with or without 765 fields? How should the process of manually creating numbers without using 765 fields work? Would you still like to save such numbers (including seeing them in the hierarchy)? How strongly should the user be guided through the number building process? Migrate numbers currently saved as user comments?