1. The Swedish WebDewey – a mixed translation or a mixed up translation?
Harriet Aagaard
EDUG 2019

2. Classification in Sweden - history
Decision to develope a national Swedish Classification System (SAB)
1921 – 1st edition
SAB is adopted by public libraries and the national bibliography
The National library and university libries start using SAB
The National library (including the national bibliography) and university libries start using Dewey.
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3. The Dewey project 2009 - 2011 Magdalena Svanberg, project manager
Project group: 6 persons
9.3 years of work (for one person)
Mixed translation %
SAB (the Swedish Classification System)
The Abridged edition
All superordinate classes to translated classes
All tables
Training
Mappings
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4. The Swedish Dewey project - goals
Translate DDC to Swedish using the mixed model
Map Swedish Subject Headings to DDC
Update and revise the existing conversion table SAB - DDC
Develop tools for joint search and navigation of records with SAB codes and records with DDC numbers
Train librarians
Started May 2009
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5. Dewey Decimal Classification
DDC
DDK
Dewey
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6. Public libraries 2016 (survey) 80% answered 2019: all 290 ”kommuner”
36 with DDC 254 with SAB
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7. Is SAB Classification still alive?
Not updated since
December 2013
SAB
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8. Public libraries need support!
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9. Large libraries – inspiration to others
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12. Nationell standard - fiction (adults)
Roman
STR
Novell
eng
STR
Drama
STR
Poesi
fre
STR
Helt efter språkkod
Inga gemensam genrer för märkning
Serier enligt DDK
Serieromaner, Seriemagasin
Tecknade serier (Comics, Cartoons)
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13. Mixed translation - cataloguers
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14. Searching the Swedish WebDewey
Browse the Swedish index
Change to SAO (Svenska ämnesord) if you do not get good results
Go to the English index
Change to LCSH if you do not get good results
Try simple search
Go to advanced search
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15. End users - WebDeweySearch
Glass = Ice cream
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16. Published records & automatically published
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17. Mixed up translation
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18. But not all numbers – a problem
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19. Some numbers have to be published!
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20. Hierarchies – not automatically correct
Swedish WebDewey
English WebDewey
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21. Updated & in production
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22. Nummerbyggnation - schemat
Pioner (trädgårdsskötsel) Tillfoga till basnummer de nummer som följer 58 under , t. ex rosor Pioner (botanik) Pioner (trädgårdsskötsel)
Vid  
635.9/ /38 Taxonomic groupings hittar man anvisning om hur man ska bygga
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24. Automatically moved index term
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28. Problems with a mixed translation
Automatic publication
Hierachies
No update information i WebDewey
No projects
Problems for Pansoft
Update information
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29. Automatic indexing is getting better
Foto: Archie McPhee
Nancy
the Norwegian robot Up to 95% correct
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30. Thank you! harriet.aagaard@kb.se dewey@kb.se @haraag
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