Dewey Breakfast/Update January 21, 2006 Dewey Breakfast/Update Saturday, January 20, 2007 ALA Midwinter Meeting Seattle, WA ALA Midwinter 2006

Dewey Breakfast/Update January 21, 2006 Agenda Dewey Hot Topics Joan S. Mitchell Translations Julianne Beall Dewey in Germany Michael Panzer Q & A Glad you are here Introduce speakers Me---Marketing Manager Joan Mitchell-- Editor in Chief Jonathan Furner— Assistant Editor Julianne Beall—Assistant Editor Eric Childress— OCLC Office of Research Winton Matthews and Giles Martin, assistant editors are here as well as Bob Van Volkenburg, Director Business Planning, Cataloging Products and Services I am going to talk briefly about the New DDC 22 based products and turn things over to Joan. ALA Midwinter 2006

Dewey Breakfast/Update January 21, 2006 Hot Topics Dewey Training Program MARC 21 updates with DNB Rethinking “persons” and “people” Dewey in authority files ALA Midwinter 2006

Dewey Training Program Dewey Breakfast/Update January 21, 2006 Dewey Training Program Training in application Web-accessible Availability of WebDewey + expert Basic course Short courses ALA Midwinter 2006

Dewey Breakfast/Update January 21, 2006 Basic Course Technical Introduction to the DDC WebDewey: Basics General Exercises Intro to XXX + Exercises (900; 000, 100, 200; 300; 500 & 600; 400; 800; 700) ALA Midwinter 2006

Dewey Breakfast/Update January 21, 2006 Short Courses Introduction to the DDC Technical Introduction to the DDC* Number Building: Basics* Number Building: Advanced Classifying Special Types of Materials with Dewey* WebDewey: Advanced Notation in Call Numbers *Also covered in Basic Course ALA Midwinter 2006

Treatment of DDC Information in MARC 21 Dewey Breakfast/Update January 21, 2006 Treatment of DDC Information in MARC 21 DNB, as part of MAB 2-MARC 21 conversion, interested in extensions to 082 field in MARC bibliographic format Dewey editors, as part of conversion from proprietary format to MARC 21, need extensions to classification and authority formats Joint proposal to MARBI in June 2007 ALA Midwinter 2006

Issues under Exploration Dewey Breakfast/Update January 21, 2006 Issues under Exploration Identification of internal table numbers Inclusion of component parts of numbers Fuller identification of type and source Designations for optional numbers Multiple numbers in the bibliographic format ALA Midwinter 2006

Rethinking “Persons” and “People” Dewey Breakfast/Update January 21, 2006 Rethinking “Persons” and “People” Interpretation of “kinds of persons” Confusion between “kinds of persons” in T1—08 and “persons treatment” in T1 —092 Use of “Social groups” at 305 at odds with definition in sociology ALA Midwinter 2006

Dewey Breakfast/Update January 21, 2006 Recommendations Replace “History and description with respect to kinds of persons” with “Groups of people” at Table 1 —08 and elsewhere Replace “Social groups” with “Groups of people” at 305 Replace “Persons treatment” with “Biography” at Table 1 —092 and elsewhere ALA Midwinter 2006

Dewey Numbers in Subject Heading Authority Records Dewey Breakfast/Update January 21, 2006 Dewey Numbers in Subject Heading Authority Records Current mappings guided by likelihood of use of heading with number Develop set of guidelines where likelihood is necessary, but not sufficient Definition of relationship between heading and number is found in Dewey number record ALA Midwinter 2006

Guidelines for Inclusion of LCC in LCSH (H365) Dewey Breakfast/Update January 21, 2006 Guidelines for Inclusion of LCC in LCSH (H365) Caption for number identical/nearly identical in scope Topic explicitly mentioned in Including note Topic belongs to category for which it is LC policy to classify works at number broader than subject heading ALA Midwinter 2006

Proposed General Guidelines for DDC in LCSH Dewey Breakfast/Update January 21, 2006 Proposed General Guidelines for DDC in LCSH Subject entity represented by LCSH equals or approximates whole of DDC class Subject entity represented by LCSH is explicitly in standing room at the number (see geographic and biological exceptions) Geographic area represented by LCSH has an implicit relationship with the class Genus/species represented by LCSH has an implicit relationship with the class ALA Midwinter 2006

Example 1-1: Equals/Approximates the Whole Dewey Breakfast/Update January 21, 2006 Example 1-1: Equals/Approximates the Whole 150 ## $aEducation 083 00 $a370 180 ## $aEducation 083 00 $z1$a071 “Education” is caption at 370 Education and T1—071 Education ALA Midwinter 2006

Example 1-2: Equals/Approximates the Whole Dewey Breakfast/Update January 21, 2006 Example 1-2: Equals/Approximates the Whole 150 ## $aSociology in literature 083 00 $z3C$a3552 “Sociology” is in caption at T3C—3552 Sociology and anthropology; standard subdivisions added for either or both topics in heading 150 ## $aEmotional intelligence 083 00 $a152.4 “Emotional intelligence” is in class-here note under 152.4 Emotions ALA Midwinter 2006

Example 1-3: Equals/Approximates the Whole Dewey Breakfast/Update January 21, 2006 Example 1-3: Equals/Approximates the Whole 150 ## $aKhoisan (African people) 083 00 $z5$a961 “Khoisan (African people)” is an index term at T5—961 Khoikhoi and San and is an umbrella term for Khoikhoi and San ALA Midwinter 2006

Example 2-1: Explicitly in Standing Room Dewey Breakfast/Update January 21, 2006 Example 2-1: Explicitly in Standing Room 150 ## $aViolence in literature 083 00 $z3C$a3552 “Violence” is in including note at T3C—3552 ALA Midwinter 2006

Example 2-2: Explicitly in Standing Room Dewey Breakfast/Update January 21, 2006 Example 2-2: Explicitly in Standing Room 150 ## $Pipil language 083 00 $z6$a97452 “Pipil language” (a specific Aztecan language) is an index term at T6—97452 Aztecan languages ALA Midwinter 2006

Example 3: Implicit Geographic Relationship Dewey Breakfast/Update January 21, 2006 Example 3: Implicit Geographic Relationship 151 ## $aGarrett County (Md.) 083 00 $z2$a75297 “Garrett County” is caption at T2—75297 151 ## $aOakland (Garrett County, Md.) “Oakland” not mentioned in record, but city in Garrett County ALA Midwinter 2006

Example 4: Implicit Biological Relationship Dewey Breakfast/Update January 21, 2006 Example 4: Implicit Biological Relationship 150 ## $aPacific halibut 083 00 $a597.695 The species of halibut represented by “Pacific halibut” is implicitly a member of 597.695 Hippoglossus (Halibuts) and approximates the whole of the class by virtue of the note: “Subdivisions are added for the genus as a whole and for individual species” ALA Midwinter 2006

Test with FAST Geographic Headings

Dewey Breakfast/Update January 21, 2006 Geographic Authority Record Dewey Table 2 numbers ALA Midwinter 2006

Dewey Breakfast/Update January 21, 2006 Discussion Are the guidelines generalizable to other subject heading systems? Do we need additional definitions of relationships within Dewey records? ALA Midwinter 2006