Eastern churches & 340 Law ALA Midwinter Conference January 16, 2010 Julianne Beall

281.5–281.9 Eastern churches (1) Issues in DDC treatment of Eastern Christianity lack of clarity in some structural details multiplicity of names by which a church may be known use of names/characterizations for broader group of churches than it actually applies to use of names/characterizations rejected by church referred to need to expand for specific Orthodox churches

281.5–281.9 Eastern churches (2) Branches of Eastern Christianity (comprehensive number 281.5) Eastern Catholic churches (281.52*) Oriental Orthodox churches (281.6–281.7) Assyrian Church of the East (281.8) Orthodox (a.k.a. Eastern Orthodox) churches (281.9) Note: St. Thomas Christian churches cut across the above classification; comprehensive number at * *Proposed expansion

281.5–281.9 Eastern churches (3) Specific Orthodox churches—current: Treatment by continent, country, locality Add to base number notation 4–9 from Table 2, e.g., Russian Orthodox Church , Orthodox Church in America Russian Orthodox Church

281.5–281.9 Eastern churches (4) Specific Orthodox churches—proposed: Specific autocephalous, autonomous, independent churches Add to base number notation 4–9 from Table 2 for the country of the seat of the church, e.g., Russian Orthodox Church , Orthodox Church in America ; then, for geographic treatment, add 0* and to the result add notation 4–9 from Table 2, e.g., Russian Orthodox Church in Canada

281.5–281.9 Eastern churches (5) Specific Orthodox churches—proposed—cont.: Russia Number built according to instructions under – Class here Moscow Patriarchate, Russian Orthodox Church

281.5–281.9 Eastern churches (6) Specific Orthodox churches—proposed—cont.: United States Number built according to instructions under – Class here Orthodox Church in America (OCA) Class specific Orthodox churches affiliated with a patriarchate or other national church with the patriarchate or church, e.g., Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America (eparchy of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople)

281.5–281.9 Eastern churches (7) Proposal out for review by: Libraries in Egypt, Greece, Russia Scholars in Australia, Canada

340 Law Proposals from European DDC Users’ Group (EDUG) 340 Law Working Group European Union law Criminal courts and criminal procedures Other topics: Juristic acts, theory of sources of law, legal professionals Response from DDC editors; discussion by EPC; more discussion papers under development

European Union law (1) Proposed expansions under European Union (examples) & proposed relocation Organization Council of the European Union European Parliament [formerly ] European Commission Courts of the European Union

European Union law (2) Founding treaties of European Union: provide notes to clarify where they should be classed Multilateral treaties Number built according to instructions under 341.2–341.7 Class here texts of founding treaties, e.g., Treaty Establishing the European Community, Maastricht Treaty on European Union; texts of treaties amending founding treaties, e.g., Treaty of Nice....

European Union law (3) Existing provisions under 342 Constitutional and administrative law: which can be used for EU law? For effect of EU law on national laws of member states? Basic instruments of government Class here constitutions Regional intergovernmental organizations Add to base number notation 3–9 from Table 2, e.g., constitutional and administrative law of European Union ; then to the result add the numbers following 342 in – Basic instruments of government

Criminal courts and criminal procedures (1) Need provision for special procedures for terrorist suspects. Current: 345 Criminal law Crimes (Offenses) Class here terrorism Specific crimes and classes of crime Add to base number the numbers following in

Criminal courts and criminal procedures (2) Proposed solution: provide a specific number for terrorism under Current: Criminal offenses Class here.... terrorism as a crime