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The Evolution of Dewey & WebDewey

The Evolution of Dewey & WebDewey. The Future is Now. Andrea Kappler Cataloging Manager Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library Evansville, IN. Brief “Digital” Dewey History. DOS (Electronic Dewey) Windows (Dewey for Windows) Web (WebDewey). 1993 – Electronic Dewey.

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The Evolution of Dewey & WebDewey

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  1. The Evolution of Dewey & WebDewey The Future is Now Andrea Kappler Cataloging Manager Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library Evansville, IN

  2. Brief “Digital” Dewey History • DOS (Electronic Dewey) • Windows (Dewey for Windows) • Web (WebDewey)

  3. 1993 – Electronic Dewey • Unveiled at Midwinter 1993 • DDC 20 • MS DOS CD-ROM product • Keyboard commands • Screen displays very different from print Dewey • Limited local notes capability • Hard to “window” in a DOS environment • Hard to update • More of a cataloging curiosity than a cataloging tool

  4. 1996 – Dewey for Windows • DDC 21 • Windows CD-ROM product • Mouse friendly – select windows, scroll, drag & drop, expand/minimize windows • Screen displays include “Show Page” view • Local notes capability • All documentation online • Hard to update • Becoming a cataloging tool

  5. 2000 – WebDewey • DDC 21 • Subscription Web product (available through CORC) • Internet connection & mouse needed • Screen displays show hierarchical structure of numbers • No local notes • Much improved online help • Browser environment– lots of windows! • Kept up-to-date by OCLC/Forest Press • Cataloging power tool!

  6. Favorite Features in 2001 • Separate Browse and Search screens • Boolean searching • Hierarchical display of numbers • Hypertext links • Dewey class numbers • LCSH authority records • Buttons for Tables, Browse, Notes, Terms, & a new search box always visible • Timer • Updated by OCLC/Forest Press

  7. Wish List from 2001 • Search history button • Option to revise a Boolean search • Link to OPAC • Work area (for building numbers) • Larger timer; maybe flashing when time down to 5 minutes • Local notes, local notes, local notes! • More built numbers • Links back to older editions, especially when numbers are discontinued

  8. Wishes Granted  • Search history button  • Revise Boolean searches  • Link to OPAC  • Work area  • Timer flashes when time remaining is down to 5 minutes  • Local notes!!  • More built numbers  • Links back to discontinued numbers in older editions 

  9. Search History lets me revise or repeat a search

  10. Revise a search

  11. 636.7083 searched in my OPAC

  12. Create local notes: institutional or personal

  13. Cool Stuff I Wish I’d Wished For… • Logon saved in a cookie • Related links • Quick tips (on the Search screen) • Launch WebDewey from Connexion Client • Really long WebDewey session (2 hrs. vs. 40 min. from within Connexion Browser session) • Collapsible hierarchy & other user preferences • Improved mappings: • Subject headings for children • SM – Statistical Mappings • PPT (People Places & Things) mappings • EM – Editorial mappings – most authoritative

  14. Helpful links Logon saved in a cookie

  15. Timer More links

  16. Launch WebDewey from OCLC’s Connexion Client

  17. Set user preferences

  18. Change DDC display options

  19. Mappings & links to definitions

  20. For 2006– I Challenge Dewey to… • Provide more frequent updating (monthly, weekly, daily, hourly?) • Incorporate the Dewey Blog • Provide a link to the Dewey Blog on opening screen • Link numbers in Blog discussions to WebDewey • Integrate local notes with schedules & tables • Link back to older editions for discontinued numbers (I don’t like the Excel spreadsheet) • Provide links to Relative Index terms • Allow more user feedback: • Contributions of built numbers • Tagging/Folksonomies for Relative Index term suggestions • Direct line to EPC members • Add Dewey class numbers to LCSH authority records

  21. The Future is Now… • Collaborative nature of the Web • Consider changing WebDewey’s name? • Web2.0Dewey • WikiDewey

  22. Questions, Comments Andrea Kappler andreak@evpl.org

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