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The DDC at Universitätsbibliothek Wien. Universitätsbibliothek Wien 29 April 2009 Joan S. Mitchell Editor in Chief, DDC OCLC mitchelj@oclc.org. Complex KO Environment at UW. Accession date scheme used for shelving GND authority file (PND, GKD, SWD) Two classification schemes:
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The DDC at Universitätsbibliothek Wien Universitätsbibliothek Wien 29 April 2009 Joan S. Mitchell Editor in Chief, DDC OCLC mitchelj@oclc.org
Complex KO Environment at UW • Accession date scheme used for shelving • GND authority file (PND, GKD, SWD) • Two classification schemes: • Basisklassifikation (BK) to be added in June 2009 • DDC to be introduced by 2014 • What is the potential role of the DDC in this complex Knowledge Organization (KO) environment?
Outline • What are the benefits of the DDC? • What explicit and implicit relationships exist between the DDC and other KO tools? • What are some uses of the DDC? • What resources exist for DDC training? • Discussion
What are the benefits of the DDC? • Large amount of categorized content • Organizational support • Worldwide user community • Language-independent representation • Interoperable translations • Mappings and crosswalks
DDC already associated with a large number of resources • WorldCat • ~25% of WorldCat records include explicit Dewey numbers plus more derived using FRBR work sets • Number is growing, e.g., Deutsche Nationalbibliothek is now adding Dewey numbers to WorldCat nearly at the same rate as the Library of Congress • Other utilities and databases, e.g., BIBSYS, NORART, NORBOK • Digital libraries, e.g., World Digital Library
Organizational support • Permanent editorial staff at LC and OCLC • OCLC research and development teams • Ten-member international advisory board (EPC): • Current members from Australia, Canada, South Africa, UK, US • National libraries and translation teams with observer status
Dewey Community • ACOC National Libraries • ALA Translation Teams • CILIP Research Partners • EDUG HILT (UK) • Konsortium DDC Deutsch DNB • NKKI JRC (EC) • SABINET CACAO (EC) • Editorial Policy Committee • LC & OCLC • DDC Editors • Dewey Users around the World
Mappings to subject headings (1) • Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) • Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) • Canadian Subject Headings (CSH) • Sears List of Subject Headings (Sears) • Book Industry Standards and Communications (BISAC) Subject Headings
Mappings to subject headings (2) • RAMEAU [French] • Schlagwortnormdatei (SWD) [German] • Nuovo Soggettario [Italian] • Sears Lista de Encabezamientos de Materia [Spanish]
SWD-DDC mappings in MelvilClass SWD-DDC mappings
RAMEAU - DDC (broad level only) 620 $aAnesthesia$vLCSH (en ligne), 2005-02-21622 1 $aAnesthesia$vMeSH (en ligne), 2005-02-21624 $a610
Crosswalks between schemes • LCC – DDC (ClassWeb, Classify) • UDC – DDC (IZUM, Czech National Library) • SAB – DDC (Electronic updated version at National Library of Sweden) • But no explicit crosswalks for • RVK-DDC (some experimentation in Carmen) • BK-DDC (???)
Tools using explicit and derived relationships • Classify • VIAF • WorldCat Identities
Classify • DDC/LCC/NLM classifier • Developed by OCLC Office of Research • Based on FRBR cluster data • Work-set summary of class numbers assigned • Human interface + web service
Paths to DDC numbers through VIAF Teresa, Mother
What are some uses of the DDC? • A few examples that focus on the use of the DDC to enhance browsing and retrieval . . .
Access Numbers: Examples (1) • History of Vienna, Linz, and Salzburg • 082 00 $a 943.6 $2 22 (Austria) • 083 0# $a 943.613 $2 22 (Vienna) • 083 0# $a 943.624 $2 22 (Linz) • 083 0# $a 943.632 $2 22 (Salzburg)
Access Numbers: Examples (2) • Geographic access in the British Library Newspaper Project: • Birmingham Post • 083 0# $z 2 $a 424 $2 22 $q Uk (West Midlands) • 083 0# $z 2 $a 42496 $2 22 $q Uk (Birmingham City)
Component Parts Example • Artistic themes in literature • 082 04 $8 1 $a 808.80357 $2 22 • 085 ## $8 1.1 $b 808.80 $a 808.801 $c 808.303 $z 3C $s 357 • Artistic themes • Collections of literary texts from more than two literatures displaying specific features
Training: Resources • Einleitung in die Dewey-Dezimalklassification • http://www.ddc-deutsch.de/publikationen/pdf/DDC_22_Deutsch_Einleitung.pdf • Glossar • http://www.ddc-deutsch.de/publikationen/pdf/DDC_22_Deutsch_Glossar.pdf • Dewey-Dezimalklassification: Theorie und Praxis (Chan & Mitchell) • Dewey Training Site • http://www.oclc.org/dewey/resources/teachingsite/200801/default.htm • Application practice by key users in WorldCat, e.g., LC, BL, DNB
Discussion • How will you associate Dewey numbers with existing bibliographic records? • What kinds of materials will be classified by Dewey? • Will you contribute standard numbers to WorldCat? • Do you plan to assign access numbers as well as standard numbers?
Some Useful DDC Links • Dewey web site http://www.oclc.org/dewey/ • New & Changed Entries http://www.oclc.org/dewey/updates/new/default.htm • Discussion papers http://www.oclc.org/dewey/discussion/default.htm • 025.431: The Dewey blog http://ddc.typepad.com • DDC Research Projects • Classify http://deweyresearch.oclc.org/classify2/ • DeweyBrowser http://deweybrowser.oclc.org/ddcbrowser2/ • WorldCat Identities http://www.worldcat.org/identities/ • EDUG IT http://www.slainte.org.uk/edugit/ • DDC Applications • BASE http://base.ub.unibielefeld.de/en/lab_browse_menu.php?menu=5 • NORART http://www.nb.no/baser/norart/ • NORBOK http://www.nb.no/baser/norbok2/norbok.php • World Digital Library http://www.wdl.org/